Neuropsych

Ever taken pleasure in someone else’s misfortune?

It turns out these little white lies serve a purpose.

Abraham Maslow’s famous hierarchy of needs is depicted as a triangle with self-actualization at the very top. Right before his death, Maslow wanted to add another to the hierarchy: Self-transcendence.

If ever there was a food that holds a lesson for building bridges in a fractured America, it’s the cabbage roll.

Experts’ thoughts on this unique emotional state.

It may be an uncomfortable thing to do, but creating a will can save your loved ones a lot of headaches after you’re gone.

The fine lines between enjoying another person’s misery.

Suffering can buffer us, and make us more polished versions of ourselves — if we have the right attitude.

Here are some practical ways to disagree and get along with someone at the same time.

Researchers recruited more than 1000 polyamorous participants.

Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a well-known model of human development, but Maslow’s friend and colleague Kazimierz Dąbrowski believed humans developed in a different way.

Want to learn better? Here’s a lesson from cognitive psychology.

Here’s what to say in an era where many people are too afraid to say anything.

When he was developing his famous hierarchy of needs, Abraham Maslow cited 9 historical figures that achieved self-actualization.

Grief is real. Give it time.

In McMindfulness, Ronald Purser says modern mindfulness is dictated more by market forces than ethics.

A new essay by Rafael Euba questions the goals of the happiness industry.

“Having a high level of patience often isn’t something that comes naturally; instead, it is something that improves over time”

These prior beliefs help us make sense of what we are perceiving in the present.

Most diseases don’t differ depending on where you’re from. Schizophrenia, however, is heavily dependent on your culture.

Schadenfreude has always been with us.

Want to be smarter than you were yesterday? Learn to have better conversations using these 3 design principles.

The results contradict the popular assumption that men react far more strongly to pornography.

Studies on stress and memory have often given conflicting results.

Try not to think about your hands. Now enjoy a few minutes of not being able to stop thinking about them.

We don’t perceive time in an objective fashion; instead, the brain interprets time in a complex and amorphous way.

Here’s what neuroscience and psychology have to say about how people humanize and dehumanize one another.

Some studies say they help, others say just the opposite. Let’s dig in to find the truth.

Soon we’ll be able to blink and instantly go online via computer chips attached to our eyes.

Brain plasticity. Mindful superpowers. Pokémon invading our grey matter. Scientists have only begun to learn about the human brain.