psychology
The more social behaviors a voice-user interface exhibits, the more likely people are to trust it, engage with it, and consider it to be competent.
We forget how unnatural a lot of formal education is. “Learning how to learn” requires bridging the gap between the abstract and the natural.
According to Sigmund Freud, our revulsion at taboos is an attempt to suppress a part of us that actually wants to do them.
Life’s stages are changing – we need new terms and new ideas to describe how adults develop and grow
Ages 30 to 45 are now “the rush hour of life.”
Iceland consistently ranks as the most gender-equal nation. It is also the nation where men and women are most likely to pursue sex-typical jobs.
The Siege of Leningrad lasted over two years and claimed nearly a million lives. It also inspired writers to record the bleak conditions in which they lived.
Behind the scenes, Hitler had at least three disastrous relationships, including a short-lived marriage.
Solitude, by itself, does not predict feelings of loneliness.
Wordle activates both the language and logic parts of our brain and give us a nice boost of dopamine, whether we win or lose.
Those that were the best at math didn’t even show income satiation — there was no upper limit to how much money could make them happy.
The death of God didn’t strike Nietzsche as an entirely good thing. Without a God, the basic belief system of Western Europe was in jeopardy.
“I need to think about the future. Will you help me?”
Flow occurs when a task’s challenge is balanced with one’s skill.
The road to happiness is indirect and full of frustration.
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Beautiful people really know how to catch a break.
The language you speak plays an important role in how you evaluate truth.
OCD and addiction may result in part from improper “reward” pathways in the brain. Ultrasound can disrupt those pathways.
When reading critiques that inflate the uncertainty of science, ask these 7 questions.
Most things in the world can be seen in surprisingly different ways.
The first personality tests revolved around assessing people’s reactions to ambiguous and often unsettling images. Today, the gold standard is a barrage of questions.
Stockholm Syndrome is the most famous of 10 psychological disorders named after world cities. Most relate to tourism or hostage-taking.
The problems that Americans face are often too complex for fact-checking alone.
Regret isn’t just unpleasant, it’s unhealthy.
People who visit Florence seem strangely susceptible to Stendhal syndrome, which is blamed on an overwhelming sense of awe.
New research suggests they may be in the connections between your brain cells.
We seem to have a “progression bias” that nudges us toward pro-relationship decisions and away from breaking up.
Frank Lloyd Wright captured serenity in his masterpiece, Fallingwater, but his egotistical tendencies made life for others anything but serene.
The Virtual Metaverse will be for gaming and other short duration uses, while the Augmented Metaverse will revolutionize society.
The use of AI within mental health services could be a game-changer.
Humans seemingly have opposing desires to fit in and to be unique. The interplay between these might drive the evolution of fads.