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For those living in urban spaces, a visit to the park shows a boost in mood on Twitter equivalent to that found on Christmas day. [More]

Dating apps are growing in popularity. In the U.S., online dating is a $3 billion industry and growing each year with predictions of 25 per cent continued growth into the year 2020. It seems everyone you talk to has tried or knows someone who has tried a dating app. But are they for everyone? A new study published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships aimed to answer that question by looking at how social anxiety and loneliness might impact someone’s dating app use. [More]

In our driven culture, Type A personalities take pride in perfectionist tendencies. Yet recent research indicates perfectionism can predict depression or at least be associated with depression when there is additional life stress. [More]

Although sharing updates of a child's life on social media has become the norm in many social circles, researchers say this may be due to a mothers' vulnerability, and could put children at risk. [More]

If you've ever felt bad about yourself due to something you've seen on social media, you're not alone. Now, German answers may have found the reason why. [More]

As reported by Bloomberg, Amazon is developing a device to read human emotions and designed to work with a smartphone app. Microphones paired with software discern the wearer’s emotional state from the sound of his or her voice. [More]

How involved in a show or movie do you get? Do you think about it once it’s over? Do you analyze the plot line over and over in your head? How "into" the characters do you get? Do you tend to emotionally get drawn into a television show or movie more than others? According to a new study, anxious people tend to form relationships with characters in television shows and films, more than others without anxiety. [More]

Have you ever wondered why some people react calmly to an upsetting situation, while others get fired up? Stanford researchers may have the answer. [More]

If you've ever felt overwhelmed by options available in the cereal aisle, you're not alone. It's called choice overload and a new study from the University of Buffalo has examined motivational factors that contribute to the phenomenon. [More]

It is well established that we experience heightened emotions around events happening in the future. Now researchers have found we are likely to experience more envy towards a covetable event that has yet to occur than one that has already happened. [More]