psychology
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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Communication with home will be difficult on long-haul space flights. The longer this isolation goes on, the more detached a crew becomes.
The power of play: our forgotten lifehack.
The nascent field of geopsychology shows that the Big Five personality traits vary by region. But not all results conform to stereotype.
Does the voice in your head castigate the voice coming out of a recording device?
The most momentous and significant events in our lives are the ones we do not see coming. Life is defined by the unforeseen.
Many have argued that free will is an illusion, but science does not support that.
Learning styles are supposed to help learners take ownership of their education, but research doesn’t back up this well-intentioned myth.
A recent study illuminated surprising differences in how men and women seek help when struggling with relationships.
Our social instincts can lead us to adopt models of desire that might not serve our interests.
Winner takes all, losers die, and participants have no choice but to play.
These studies are only the tip of the iceberg, with adverse consequence of the time change ranging from student test scores to stock market returns.
Our moral attitudes about sex and drugs share a genetic basis, suggests a recent study that examined the attitudes of more than 5,000 twins.
Awe makes us feel smaller but also more connected to life and each other.
The highest earning Myers-Briggs personality type? ENTJ.