Up to 65 percent of our daily behaviors occur habitually—but how habits form remains difficult for researchers to understand ...

The scientific study of both internal mental processes and observable behavior is known as psychology. It explains activities ...

A large international study of more than 45,000 people shows that narcissism is a universal personality trait—not one concentrated in any single country.

Six months after Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician, was fatally shot by police in her own Louisville, Kentucky home, a grand jury decided not to indict any of the officers ...

Last-year psychology majors' research sheds light on the effects of studying abroad on professional and personal development. Every year hundreds of students from SLU-St. Louis and other partnership ...

A new article published in the Journal of Positive Psychology suggests that there are definite psychological advantages to adhering to a philosophy of minimalism and voluntary simplicity. “Research ...

The department offers a BA in Psychology, a co-major and minor in Neuroscience, and a co-major and minor in Art Therapy. Psychology is a versatile major. Our discipline encompasses all of the many ...

A new study shows that students retain information quite well when watching lectures at up to twice their actual speed. With 85% of college students surveyed as part of the study reporting they "speed ...

Explore your deepest questions about the human mind in the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Psychology program at Western Illinois University (WIU). The psychology major curriculum, taught on our Macomb ...