Being Human

When the brain thinks it has lost a hand, the hand gets colder – the finding reveals that our sense of who we are is intimately tied to our physical bodies

Recent successes may help persuade more bereaved families to overcome taboos associated with donating facial tissue (full text available to subscribers)

If you think that success in life is all down to luck or innate talent, then think again. The right mindset can make all the difference, says psychologist

Why have so many swimming records fallen in the Beijing Water Cube? (full text available to subscribers)

Interrogations taking place at the US military camp are leading some psychologists to question whether it is ethical for them to take part

Genes that influence bisexuality in men might have survived because their female relatives have more children

If you think that success in life is all down to luck or innate talent, then think again. The right mindset can make all the difference, says psychologist

By damaging a nerve involved in the sensation of eating creamy food, ear infections may up the odds of obesity in later life

The proportions of a man's face could reveal how aggressive he is, a study of male ice-hockey players reveals

When Michael Brooks went in search of the placebo effect, he was shocked by what he found (full text available to subscribers)

By switching our mindset from despairing fatalism to "can-do" optimism, psychologists say they have a unique and vital role to play in the fight against global warming (full text available to subscribers)

The Sahara was once a lush green home to at least two flourishing lakeside Stone Age populations, a discovery of a mass graveyard from the era reveals

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A study of blind athletes indicates that actions like throwing our arms in the air are built-in, and evolved as a way of asserting a position in a social hierarchy (full text available to subscribers)

A study of blind athletes indicates that actions like throwing our arms in the air are built-in, and evolved as a way of asserting a position in a social hierarchy (full text available to subscribers)

When biologists discovered the role of FOXP2 in language, they thought it would set us apart from other animals. How wrong they were. (full text available to subscribers)

For the first time, a controlled scientific experiment has shown that people's faces do seem more attractive when we have been drinking

The internet has overtaken more traditional avenues for people in the US to find their perfect mate

By looking at a player's body before the ball leaves their hands, pros can predict whether a shot will swoosh through the basket or bounce off the rim

One-third of male soldiers in Liberia claim they were sexually abused during the civil war, suggesting that sexual violence against males may be under-documented in many conflicts