psychology
A team of scientists has warned that marketers seek to advertise in our dreams. Will our sleep be commercialized against our wishes?
The existential philosopher argued that an authentic and meaningful life is measured by choice.
Philosophers Massimo Pigliucci and Greg Lopez discuss how Stoicism can help us gain perspective on our emotions and act with intention in the world.
You’ve heard about your "lizard brain." But what about the other two?
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A part of human nature needs to be challenged and feel strong. Today, we fulfill that need with "surrogate activities."
Would you confess your crimes to a skeleton with "an unnatural ghastly glow"? One inventor thought you would.
It’s the paradoxical observation that the more we try to process, the less we actually can.
"Groupthink" gets a bad rap. In reality, we need groups to focus our thinking and to build on the ideas of others.
We commonly stereotype psychopaths as criminals, but there are probably more in upper management.
Memory, responsibility, and mental maturity have long been difficult to describe objectively, but neuroscientists are starting to detect patterns. Coming soon to a courtroom near you?
Emotion dysregulation has been linked to unhealthy risk-taking, relationship challenges, and negative physical health outcomes.
A recently identified stage of sleep common to narcoleptics is a fertile source of creativity.
Meditation can put you in a wiser relationship with life.
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
The replication crisis has debunked many of psychology’s fair-haired hypotheses, but for the marshmallow test, things have only become more interesting.
George Orwell got it right: "Never use a long word where a short one will do."
Neuroscience is beginning to provide clues about the emergence of human consciousness.
If you think everyone around you is terrible, the joke may be on you.
Claims of a "loneliness epidemic" aren't based on robust data. Loneliness might be a problem, but it's not worse than it was in the past.
Take a hint from Einstein and Mozart — unplug and make peace with some degree of failure.
Intelligence is not fixed but fluid. A growth mindset allows our brains to flourish while lowering our stress levels.
Rather than sending serial killer art to auctions, it should be sent to abnormal psychologists for research.
People with aphantasia cannot conjure mental images, either original or from memory.
"In order to seek truth," Rene Descartes once wrote, "it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, all things."
Despite a reputation for catastrophe and cat killings, curiosity is a beneficial drive that improves our lives and well-being.
The Source Family, a radical 1970s utopian commune, still impacts what we eat today.
We know that everything changes, but we long for something more permanent.
One reason saving is hard: We tend to view our "future selves" as complete strangers, and our decisions in the present moment reflect that.
If a person stands little chance of ever being wealthy, perhaps playing the lottery is a rational decision.
Striking differences in the composition of the gut microbiome suggest that fermented food could help those suffering from anorexia.