Why do we feel so uncomfortable on someone else's behalf? Breaking down the science behind secondhand embarrassment.

With social media, we always need everything we do, say and wear to reflect who we are as a person. Our rooms, for example, have to be decorated for an aesthetic reflecting who we are internally. The ...

These fluttering sensations are the brain’s reaction to certain emotions, which can be amplified or soothed by the gut’s own “bugs.” Wei-Li Wu, a neurobiologist at National Cheng Kung University, ...

"The misfortune of others tastes like honey" is a Japanese saying that rings uncomfortably true. But why does it feel so accurate? Here are two reasons behind the experience of Schadenfreude. Most of ...

New research answers critical questions in the study of human-nonhuman animal relationships A recent paper published in Scientific Reports by Aurélien Miralles, Michel Raymond & Guillaume Lecointre ...

As Saudis, we tend to avoid talking about mental illnesses. Many people go to see psychiatrists secretly because they do not want others to know. A doctor told me some patients change their names or ...

Amanda Meyer is affiliated with the Australian and New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists, the American Association for Anatomy and the Global Neuroanatomy Network. Monika Zimanyi is ...