When repeating four-letter words, participants held a challenging physical task for longer than when they said neutral words.

"Swearing is an easily available way to help yourself feel focused, confident and less distracted, and 'go for it' a little ...

Considering the youths spent so many years on set, their co-star, Sigourney Weaver, joked about eventually “looking up” to ...

“In many situations, people hold themselves back—consciously or unconsciously—from using their full strength,” explained Richard Stephens, a psychologist at Keele University in the United Kingdom.

A new study in the journal 'American Psychologist' links swearing to "state disinhibition," a psychological state where ...

A new study shows that swear words across languages may have more in common than previously thought. Many of them tend to leave out the same sounds. There's a common trope in sci fi when characters ...

During intense effort, it is not uncommon for a swear word to escape spontaneously. This reaction, often perceived as vulgar, ...

The gym's about to get a whole lot swear-ier, thanks to science. A new study adds to the growing body of evidence that ...

What's in a swear? The world's filthiest words typically refer to something vulgar or taboo, for one. But there's something else swears across the world's languages have in common. They're all missing ...

192 participants held a chair push-up pose using a swear word and a neutral word, and the result was unexpected.

You stub your toe on the bedpost. Before your brain even registers the pain, a word explodes from your mouth—sharp, loud and ...