Babs Haggin-Roy recalls growing up in Illinois, the second daughter of deaf parents. Their home was quiet. No music, no ...

Science has confirmed what anyone who has ever sworn at a stuck jar lid already knows: yelling a well-timed expletive can ...

At the first panel discussion of the festival, titled Morality and Sexuality, writer and sexuality educator Jaya Sharma ...

“I didn’t bring my kid to a Chanukah party to have him hear about Santa Claus,” exclaimed one parent, joining several others ...

The pair’s departure is marked by a special message from a “super fan” paying tribute to their “warmth, compassion and sheer happiness”.

When repeating four-letter words, participants held a challenging physical task for longer than when they said neutral words.

“In many situations, people hold themselves back—consciously or unconsciously—from using their full strength,” explained Richard Stephens, a psychologist at Keele University in the United Kingdom.

How directors and writers striving for a PG-13 rating have learned to ration the use of a four-letter obscenity.

Psychologists have long known that certain linguistic habits reveal how people are functioning internally. For example, ...

“The lexicon of a foreign language is like a map of a country you’ve never been to,” says psychologist Tim Lomas, a lecturer at the University of East London. While travelers tend to think that seeing ...

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For anyone dreading sitting across from their teenage cousin and feeling like the oldest person to ever walk the earth as families gather over the next few weeks for the holidays, this one is for you.