Cursing isn't just when you stub your toe or get road rage. Science says it can boost your physical performance ...

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

Those who chanted the F-word waited longer before indicating they felt pain—in other words, the swearing increased their ...

A new study finds that swearing could help promotes psychological states conducive to maximizing effort and overcoming ...

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

A new study suggests that swearing helps people “not hold back,” boosting physical performance by nudging the brain into a state of lowered restraint and heightened focus. “In many situations, people ...

Whether we admit it openly or not, almost everyone curses. Sometimes it slips out accidentally when we stub a toe or hit our head on a cupboard door. Other times it feels deliberate, like a release ...

Learn how psychology experiments suggest swearing increases focus and confidence during demanding tasks.

Swearing during hard exercise briefly boosts focus and confidence, helping people hold tough positions longer.

If your performance in two of the three fitness test events (plank and push-ups) is borderline pass/fail, or you can almost max the test, you might be tempted to shout a curse word (or three). While ...