psychology
Just don’t expect the apocalypse to look like it does in the movies.
Jean Paul Sartre summed up the existentialist idea of “bad faith” through a waiter who acted a bit too much like a waiter.
For relatives who live far apart, holiday rituals may be the glue that holds the family together.
Or you might just be a Leo.
Just as storylines make sense only when you have the context of the beginning and the end, listeners need to understand the impetus for why the album was even made.
A placebo-controlled study found that oxytocin seems to significantly reduce romantic jealousy among people in intimate relationships.
Successful constructive criticism is as much about mindset as methods.
Personality is not set in stone. If you don’t like some aspect of it, you can work to change it — “fake it till you make it.”
Memory errors may actually indicate a way in which the human cognitive system is “optimal” or “rational.”
Experiencing too much pleasure and not enough pain may yield counterintuitive consequences.
In spreading politics, videos may not be much more persuasive than their text-based counterparts.
Role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons offer a valuable insight: Life is about shifting labels.
The most technically impressive feats of animation often strike us as eerie instead of impressive, and it’s all thanks to the uncanny valley.
Think leisure is pointless?
As the saying goes: “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional”.
In tough competitions, men tend to give up early when they feel a low sense of control. Testosterone eradicates that effect.
The results of a recent study suggest that some clinicians might be failing to explore other causes when treating gender dysphoria.
What value does wit hold in genres defined by brute strength?
The human brain makes a striking deviation from the normal building plan.
Why does hearing sad music feel so good?
When we are more focused on the good things we enjoy in life, we have more to live for.
The internet has made it easier than ever to keep in touch with our exes. For people in relationships, that can cause problems.
The modern antiracist movement is harming the very people it claims to help, according to the linguist John McWhorter.
Scientists want to use dream hacking devices to improve your creativity and memory.
Research shows that psilocybin leads people away from materialism and toward transcendentalism. Apparently, mushrooms teach metaphysics.
Like it or not, we are the descendants of busybodies.
What would you do differently if you listened to your true desires?
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