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Across 132 studies and 71,011 people, attachment anxiety was associated with lower relationship satisfaction at r = -.32 and avoidance at -.44; the finding that uncertainty increases attraction comes from one experiment with 47 undergraduates, measured at first impression
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (1024+ words) The research points the same way as the claim, with two corrections. The dimension most strongly associated with dissatisfaction is avoidance rather than anxiety, and the popular sorting of people into four types is not what the measures actually found....
A Child Remembers These Things About Their Grandparents Years After They Have Gone
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (58+ words) The moments that stick with us across decades aren't the ones grandparents plan for—they're the small, sensory details that signal unconditional love. By Science Blog Editorial Team · Edited by Graeme Brown Published September 9, 2026 · How we edit Follow Science Blog…...
Over roughly 150 years, Dutch men gained about 20 centimetres in average height, while American men — who had started 5 to 8 centimetres taller — gained only about six, reversing one of the most remarkable national height gaps ever recorded.
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (1180+ words) America began the nineteenth-century comparison several centimetres ahead. Military records and modern surveys show how the Netherlands reversed that gap, and why no single cause explains it. By The Long View · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published September 6, 2026 · How we edit…...
Adults aged 40 and older completed an executive-function test 12% faster after running a HEPA air purifier at home for one month, suggesting that reducing traffic-related indoor air pollution may produce measurable cognitive benefits surprisingly quickly.
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1252+ words) A randomized crossover trial found a 7.4-second difference on one timed mental-flexibility task among 50 adults aged 40 and older. The result is promising but came from a post hoc subgroup in a secondary analysis and needs replication. By Mind & Matter · Edited…...
Emotional tears may have evolved not merely to express sadness, but to change the behaviour of the people around us — a distress signal originating in infancy that humans carried into adult social life to recruit attention, care and protection.
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1418+ words) A new evolutionary account treats adult emotional tears as an infant-derived distress signal, while experiments show support effects that are real but strongly context-dependent. By Mind & Matter · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published August 30, 2026 · How we edit A line of moisture…...
Thought of the day from Greek philosopher Epicurus: "We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness"
2+ week, 1+ day ago (478+ words) The ancient philosopher famous for hedonism actually preached moderation, discipline, and the pursuit of simple pleasures—a formula modern science now validates. By Science Blog Editorial Team Published August 29, 2026 · How we edit That reading is almost exactly backwards. A quick…...
A 2024 AARP survey of 1,010 adults aged 50-plus found that 44% believed they had grown happier over time—yet only 22% thought most people do, a striking gap between how ageing feels from the inside and how we imagine it happens to everyone else.
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1642+ words) AARP's 44% versus 22% gap compares a retrospective judgment about one's own life with a belief about other people, while neutral responses and the one-time design limit what it can show. By Mind & Matter · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published August 28, 2026 · How we…...
The people you become friends with may already process the world like you do before either of you says hello — brain responses to the same movie clips predicted who would be friends eight months later
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1601+ words) A longitudinal fMRI study found that pre-existing similarities in responses to movie clips anticipated later friendship-network proximity, although the strongest results were narrower than a universal friend detector. By Mind & Matter · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published August 25, 2026 · How we edit…...
The people who leave you flattened are draining you in three specific, measurable ways, and the science of why holds an uncomfortable surprise: in most cases you are quietly supplying half the energy the dynamic runs on
3+ week, 4+ day ago (152+ words) What drains you in these relationships isn't just their behavior—it's a dynamic you're actively sustaining, even if you can't feel yourself doing it. By Science Blog Editorial Team · Edited by Graeme Brown Published August 19, 2026 · How we edit A third…...
Cultures that still protect an afternoon rest period aren't fighting biology, they're working with it — chronobiology research suggests the urge to sleep after midday runs on a near-universal internal clock, siesta or no siesta
3+ week, 4+ day ago (980+ words) Published August 19, 2026 · How we edit I wish I could say I have always understood the value of rest, but the truth is almost the opposite. I am usually the person who becomes restless when someone else is doing nothing. Whenever…...