Psychology
Human behavior is fascinating — and we still have a lot to learn. Keep up with news and updates from the field of psychology.
Hundreds of psychologists looked for ways to make people feel better during the pandemic — and they found one.
A neuroscientist’s studies show that altruism isn’t always attractive.
A psychologist explains why we want conversations to end sooner but usually get stuck.
The Psychological Science Accelerator could be the future of the field around the globe — if they can sustain it.
This one idea may help you conquer pandemic winter.
My research shows that people think highly of others who conform to rules out of benevolence, which is a good way to sell mask-wearing.
Was it a year, a day, or a millennium? Science offers clues to why it feels like all of the above.
What the science of visual illusions can teach us about our polarized world.
Meditation teacher Tara Brach offers some tips for calming your coronavirus anxiety — so you can better care for others.
A mysterious outbreak. Hundreds of stricken schoolgirls. Was it an illness, or was something darker to blame?
How Big Business shapes our habits and desires.
Infants will give away food to a stranger even when they’re hungry, a new psychology study finds.
“Not giving a shit takes the wind out of an asshole’s sails.”
A new study uses the famous trolley problem to show how our culture shapes our moral beliefs.
Psychologists increasingly think effortful restraint is not the key to the good life. So what is?
A psychologist explains why humans are so terrible to each other.
A psychologist’s advice for arguing your moral beliefs without grandstanding.
A psychologist claims that learning “untranslatable words” from other cultures may be a key to being happy. I experimented on myself to see whether it’s true.
The field of positive psychology has captivated the world with its hopeful promises — and drawn critics for its moralizing, mysticism, and serious commercialization.
Simply having a lot of it won’t automatically increase your sense of well-being. “But using it well can,” says one expert.
Prediction: Today’s “OK boomer” Gen Z will complain about the youth one day. Blame human memory.
Suicide deaths have been rising in recent years. Thoughtful treatment is necessary.
Four trips in four days was the best — and worst — thing I’ve ever done.
Don’t be surprised that scientists keep updating their advice.
Can single, 30-minute sessions of therapy help kids struggling with depression?
Improvement is exhausting. It’s okay to enjoy when you don’t excel.
Can we trust our own eyes? The science of “motivated seeing” says not always.
Loneliness can be helpful, unless it becomes chronic.
A neuroscientist on fears that GPS navigation might lead to our brains shrinking.
How to fight the Dunning-Kruger effect, explained by psychologist David Dunning.
But here’s how to find out: Scientists need to ask better questions — and big tech needs to help.
Our emotions today are radically different from what 19th-century Americans felt. That’s partly due to technology.
Trending topics rise and disappear faster than ever.
In teen suicide data, deaths are rare but just the tip of the iceberg.
Shame is known as a toxic feeling. But it can also be a force for good.
Can the mindfulness movement resist becoming a tool of self-absorption?
“We’re being steamrolled by our devices” —Douglas Rushkoff
I spent months talking to psychedelic guides and researchers. Here’s what I learned.