Research Spotlight

Sometimes people’s eyes get wide when I tell them that I’m a psychologist who studies dreams, and … [Read more...] about Wake Up! Dreams and Relationships (Part 1 of 2)

I was recently talking to a (male) friend from college, reminiscing about how all the guys in the … [Read more...] about Men: Play Guitar to Get a Date?

Remember the epidsode of The Office when, after getting dumped, Michael listens to the iTunes … [Read more...] about Building a Better Breakup Song

(Reposted from The Psychology of Human Sexuality) What happens when something is only available for … [Read more...] about Do People Get Better Looking When the Bar is About to Close?

Bald may or may not be beautiful, but it definitely is manly according to recent … [Read more...] about Shave It Off! Baldness Boosts Your Manly Image

Let’s play a quick word association game – read each word or phrase below and say the first thing … [Read more...] about Bring Out the Gimp: Personality & BDSM

The notion that people prefer similar others is as empirically-validated a research finding as they … [Read more...] about I Dislike the Dog that Likes the Rabbit that I Dislike: Why Do We Like Some People but Dislike Others?

Part 1 of this article described a recent study published in the Journal of Social and Personal … [Read more...] about Facebook and Relationship Development: It’s Complicated (Part 2)

Whether you like it or not, Facebook has become a central part of young people’s lives: about 75% of … [Read more...] about Facebook and Relationship Development: It’s Complicated (Part 1)

Chad Michael Murray, the actor from One Tree Hill, once said, “To all the girls out there who think … [Read more...] about Here’s the Punchline: The Link between Humor and Hotness

You know those people on Facebook who tag their romantic partners in every…single…post? Or how about … [Read more...] about Tag, We’re It: How Facebook Reveals Information about Current (and Past) Relationships

February has come and gone, and, fortunately (for some), the Valentine’s Day craze has left with it. … [Read more...] about Everyone Needs an Enemy

“Marriage is mostly just firewood, rice, oil, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea.” -Chinese … [Read more...] about Firewood, Rice, and Fairy Tales: Ideas about Love in the US and China

What if you were sitting at a café, the park, or a beer garden (the latter being where you’re most … [Read more...] about “Wanna Go to Bed With Me?” (a.k.a. “Get Away from Me, Creep” vs. “Where Do I Sign Up?”)

Jealousy can be a very painful and destructive emotion. People typically feel jealous when they … [Read more...] about Are You the Jealous Type?