psychology
There’s really only one mistake you can make: continue doing the same thing you already know is hurting you and expect a different result.
Medical psychologist Catherine Monk explains how prenatal mental care benefits both mothers and babies.
Do you really need a monstrous upbringing to make monsters?
Be more like Goldilocks.
If you see life as only a source of suffering and misery, why bring anyone else into that? This belief, called anti-natalism, is on the rise.
A few key moments are linked to significant shifts in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki explains why zero anxiety isn’t the goal.
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Listening to some songs can cause a powerful physiological response known as "frisson." What is it, and why does it happen?
Studies on "growth mindset" interventions fail to show significant benefits.
Explore how belief shapes destiny, from Oedipus Rex to modern geopolitics.
It's time to bring "friendship love" back.
Anger and silence are the two worst reactions.
We can no longer approach the news as passive consumers.
Are fools happy and geniuses disorganized — or is that a mistaken stereotype?
A brief look at the six-decade challenge to psychiatry.
It could explain why so many people don’t respond to common antidepressants.
Grief never ends. There is no closure, but there are things we can do to mitigate the feeling of loss.
Now that the DSM lists severe hoarding as a disorder apart from OCD, psychologists are asking what explains its prevalence.
Your heart rate reveals your brain activity, which in turn can predict hit songs — and maybe stock performance, as well.
Uncovering the ideology of "Karens" and "Kens."
Psychopathic tendencies may be present to some extent in all of us. New research is reframing this often sensationalized and maligned set of traits and finding some positive twists.
Big Think covered the 2012 study shortly after it was published. We are now correcting the record.
If you’ve looked for a job recently, you may have encountered the personality test. You may also have wondered if it was backed by scientific research.
Scott Dikkers discusses comedy, the creative process, and life lessons learned playing peekaboo.
A study involving nearly 2,000 people found links between personality traits and the likelihood of moving toward or away from dementia.
Daydreaming can be a pleasant pastime, but people who suffer from maladaptive daydreaming are trapped by their fantasies.
The strange case of cultured ultra-thief Stéphane Breitwieser — who claims “art is my drug” — has divided opinion. Is it Stendhal syndrome?
When a whoopsie-daisy just won’t cut it.
Our state of extreme social interconnectedness has rapidly accelerated the rollercoaster pace at which societal confidence may collapse.