Kissing is a great way to bond and show affection to your partner, but it also has some physical and health benefits you may not know about. Find out more.

Dr. Bradbury reveals the genetic link to feeling emotionally upset and how men and women perceive these emotions. The blog is part of a series called This Emotional Life for PBS. Read the blog here.

Here’s a new blog from Dr. Tom Bradbury, one of our Scientific Advisory Board Members, discussing the true meaning of intimacy. The blog is part of a series called This Emotional Life for PBS. Read the blog here.

Have you ever thought about your relationship and wondered, “Where has all the passion gone?” Like many of you, relationship scientists have been stumped for quite a while. However, recent evidence from a series of interesting studies suggests that an answer is within reach of all of us, scientists and curious partners alike.

After a tough day at work, do you come back home feeling generally irritated or needing some quality time alone? Find out how your reactions to workplace stress can affect your family life, too.

Does studying relationships change the relationships being studied? Not surprisingly, yes. However, precisely how relationship research alters its participants’ relationships is still a matter of debate. A recent paper from Hughes and Surra (2000) offers some interesting answers…

Should we be more optimistic? The answer if yes, if we listen to others…find out why.

The Real Truth About Beauty study explores women’s perceptions of female beauty using a sample across ten countries.

Dubbed the “me” generation, those born between 1970 and 1999 are a generation of individuals who have focused on themselves more than any other previous generation. What does this mean for an entire generation? Find out more.

Eye contact may help focus our attention on persons who are expressing interest in us. Or is this answer too simplistic? Read more.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has released a fascinating new brochure called Women and Depression. It provides a wealth of information on depression and its treatments.

This research takes the phrase “keeping up with the Joneses” to a whole new level. New research published in a recent issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine reveals that good sex doesn’t take as long as you think (as long as you ask the man).

The New York Times recently did an interview with Harvard Professor Daniel Gilbert about his research on how people predict emotions, particularly happiness.

When we talk about personality the definition most psychologists use goes along the lines of “those relatively enduring patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviors that distinguish people.” For a long time it has been thought that personality did not change in any meaningful way once a person hit adulthood. However, recent work suggests that not only does personality change in adulthood it changes well into old age as well.