Meditation for mind-control

Scientists have discovered that mindful meditation can help subjects learn and improve the ability to mind-control brain computer interfaces (BCIs).

People's life goals relate to their personality type

A new study suggests that for the most part, people formulate goals consistent with their personality traits.

Emotion vocabulary reflects state of well-being

The vast way in which you describe your emotions can reveal your lived experience and wellness status.

Unconscious learning underlies belief in God, study suggests

Individuals who can unconsciously predict complex patterns, an ability called implicit pattern learning, are likely to hold stronger beliefs that there is a god who creates patterns of events in the universe, according to neuroscientists.

Atheists are more likely to sleep better than Catholics and Baptists, study finds

A new study of sleep, religious affiliation, and perceptions of heaven found that atheists and agnostics are significantly more likely to be better sleepers than Catholics and Baptists.

When it comes to supporting candidates, ideology trumps race and gender

Voters who express prejudice against minorities and women are still more likely to support candidates who most closely align with their ideologies, regardless of the race or sex of such candidates, according to new research.

Meditation-relaxation therapy may offer escape from the terror of sleep paralysis

Sleep paralysis -- a condition thought to explain a number of mysterious experiences including alleged cases of alien abduction and demonic night-time visits -- could be treated using a technique of meditation-relaxation, suggests a pilot study published today.