psychology

The answer to this question depends on how you define “freedom.”

We already know animals feel emotions, and that they can understand humans’ emotions. But can they understand each other’s emotions?

Almost all our school improvements fail. Here’s why.

A deep learning AI running on a supercomputer was able to link patterns of brain connectivity to political ideology.

We know sleep is more important than aimlessly scrolling on social media or checking our email for the 50th time. So, why do we do it?

Being more creative doesn’t require a ‘Muse.’ It’s about pairing intelligence and imagination.

Polarization or misunderstanding?

Sometimes breaking a rule is the ethical thing to do.

Detective fiction reveals how a particular society or time period looks at crime and criminal justice.

One theory for catatonia is that it is similar to an animal’s “death feint.”

The base rate fallacy may help to explain low reproducibility in various fields of science.

Why do you feel, think, and behave in the ways you do? Here are five frameworks psychologists use to answer those questions.

Until recently, video games were accused of killing brain cells. Now, researchers are trying to understand how they help players get smarter.

Your bites will heal, but will you ever sleep well again after an infestation of bloodsucking parasites?

Before the war, medical experts treated the body as a sum of its parts. Conditions like wound shock and brain damage called for a change in perspective.

Like some cold poison creeping up our veins, there’s a frisson in the stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe.

The US reduced smoking rates from 50% to 15% with a simple habit hack.

It’s time to put on your listening hat.

Easily distracted? Try a “distractibility delay.”

Willpower alone likely isn’t enough to replace a bad habit with a good one.

Screens were around in previous generations, but now they truly define childhood.

Grandpa knows how to take it easy.

We all know assholes. Perhaps, you are one. Now, psychologists are trying to answer one of life’s biggest mysteries: What, exactly, makes someone an asshole?

Your inner voice can be the devil on your shoulder or the angel. It depends on where your focus lies.

Will nature or nurture win out?

Habit-forming rituals are subconsciously controlling your life. Here’s how to master them.

Shame is a powerful tool that must be used with care.

One form of domestic abuse involves a parent breaking their child’s connection with the other parent.

Signals from the environment, such as those detected by your sense organs, have no inherent psychological meaning. Your brain creates the meaning.

When faced with too many choices, many of us freeze — a phenomenon known as “analysis paralysis.” Why? Isn’t choice a good thing?