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Social Psychology
Millennials — who were raised to expect unlimited success but found only disappointment — can be drawn to manifestation.
A few key moments are linked to significant shifts in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Studies on "growth mindset" interventions fail to show significant benefits.
Research suggests there's truth to regional stereotypes in the U.S. — with some caveats.
Impossible standards and poor self-understanding are making us miserable.
A new study from Finland suggests that we all process the behavior of others using the same neural networks.
Evolutionary pressures drove the formation of tribes who encoded their values in myths and symbols. Was this cooperation cursed?
The replication crisis has debunked many of psychology’s fair-haired hypotheses, but for the marshmallow test, things have only become more interesting.
If you think everyone around you is terrible, the joke may be on you.
A study shows that the brains of lonely individuals respond in odd ways to visual stimuli, while those of non-lonely people react similarly.
You can’t spot a liar just by looking — but psychologists are zeroing in on methods that might actually work.
Do you think other people are happier than you?
Unmasking a "convenient untruth" in U.S. politics.
The puzzle of play
The purpose of play — for children, monkeys, rats or meerkats — has proved surprisingly hard to pin down. Scientists continue to toss around ideas.
Considering the perspectives of others has important benefits for individuals and for society. There is one easy way to do it.
John Templeton Foundation
We bring multifaceted selves to our interactions, and in these interactions co-create each other again and again.
As Abraham Lincoln famously said, “If you want to test a man’s character, give him power and a plate of cookies.” (Something like that.)
Social media has made yelling past each other all the easier.
“We are biologically programmed to have empathy. It’s something we can’t suppress.”
Kids are fragile. They should trust their feelings. The world is a battle between good and evil. We should stop repeating these untruths.
Fear of being scammed can lead us to make decisions that go against our values and goals — both as individuals and as a society.
A new 20-year analysis of over 14,000 psychology studies finds that a study's media coverage is negatively linked to its replicability.
Give yourself (and others) a break.
A new study of global love finds that Americans have some of the most loving relationships, while Chinese and Germans have some of the least.
Harvard psychiatrist Robert Waldinger discusses how 80 years of ongoing research show relationships to be vital for health and happiness.
The majority of children who stutter will spontaneously recover from it without intervention, but some 20% of people do not.
We all see beauty the same way.
Use words with plosives and affricates if you really want to make sure everyone knows you mean business.
There is more consensus on what heaven looks like than hell.