Rick Nauert

Many assume very overweight adolescents are more depressed than their thin counterparts.

Study finds underpinning of the fear of tight spaces.

Here's how the noggin captures and stores our insights.

When friends were watching, teens were more likely to run a yellow light in a driving game.

Called the George Clooney effect, as gals become more independent they go for older, more attractive partners.

Do search engines create knowledge?

Insulting gender comments distress women as much as sexual harassment at work.

Study results could lead to better interventions to reduce bullying.

Those who crave alcohol willing to spend more on their favorite beer.

Employees who feel entitled are more likely to be frustrated at work and lash out at others.

Known for its role in bone health, Vitamin D may also protect against Parkinson's.

A brain enzyme peaks exactly when new moms feel most depressed just after having a baby.

Pro-eating disorder websites use images, text and interactive applications to further knowledge, attitudes and behaviors to achieve dangerously low body weights.

Teens tend to take risks, or do stupid things. Now researchers have found biological underpinnings in the brain to explain the risky behavior.

Unattractive defendants are 22 percent more likely to be convicted, and tend to get hit with longer, harsher sentences than attractive defendants.

Electromagnetic stimulation of the brain could help treat depression.

Sex talk on teens' Facebook profiles is associated with their intention to have sex.

College students are literally addicted to Facebook and other social media.

While most parents aren't spanking kids, the highest rates of spanking were found in the West with the lowest in the Northeast.

Women in abusive relationships still see certain positive traits in their abusers, which may partly explain why they stay.

More women than men continue to prefer dating whereas more men than women rate hooking up above dating, a new study finds.

Certain types of fights can affect the quality of adolescent sibling relationships.

Anxiety could help lessen depression, a new brain study finds.

Grey's Anatomy and House are rife with ethical dilemmas, study finds.

Work addiction involves working excessive hours and feeling guilty when not at work.