Shari Roan

Communing with nature not only lifts spirits -- it helps people behave better, according to a study published last week in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Psychologists at...

For kidnap victims like Jaycee Lee Dugard, recovery is rare. A full portion of her life -- her entire teens and 20s -- was poisoned by her abduction at age...

What you choose to eat might be influenced by whom you're eating with, according to new research. The study found that people tend to eat an amount of food that...

Where does one learn to parent? Besides trial and error, the assumption is that people parent similar to how they were raised by their own parents. A new study shows...

Most of us rest comfortably on the idea that even if no one else loves us, our mothers still will. But a new study suggests women may be biologically programmed...

Musicians who play in sync also have brains that fall into alignment, according to a study published this week. The study showed that the brain waves of guitarists playing a...

Even as the birth of octuplets at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center drew attention and applause from around the country, questions arose Tuesday about whether the mother's doctors did enough...

Games such as Wii Sports may partially bridge the gap between the active child and the couch potato, a new study has found, but not enough to make much of...