If you're after a free, simple boost for pushing through challenges, try swearing your way to your goals. A new study has uncovered the surprising psychological effect that cursing in the heat of the ...

Letting out a swear word in a moment of frustration can feel good. Now, research suggests that it can be good for you, too: Swearing can boost people's physical performance by helping them overcome ...

Emily Kwong and Berly McCoy of NPR's Short Wave talk about why swearing might improve physical performance, how birds' bills changed during the pandemic and why scientists are sampling whale breath.

A new study in the journal 'American Psychologist' links swearing to "state disinhibition," a psychological state where you're less likely to hold back. Scientists have determined that uttering curse ...

People often stop physical effort not because their muscles fail, but because their minds do. New research suggests that swearing - long viewed as a social taboo - may help people push past that ...

A study has found that swearing can momentarily increase strength and improve physical performance when a sudden burst of power is needed. The research was conducted by Dr. Richard Stephens’ team at ...