A large, multi-lab replication study has found no evidence to validate one of psychology’s textbook findings: the idea that people find cartoons funnier if they are surreptitiously induced to smile.

Things shifted when Nickelodeon and the Disney Channel showed up. Cartoons weren't just a Saturday thing anymore. The specialness didn't disappear overnight, but it started spreading out across the ...

Today is a “back to reality” day. The holidays are over. Almost everyone’s back at work or school; so, we all deserve a ...