emotions

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.

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.

Grief is real. Give it time.

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

Schadenfreude has always been with us.

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.

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

What foods are women reaching for? Carbs and fats and sweets.

Smoking may put more than just your physical health at risk.

Harvard psychologists discover why we dislike the people who deliver bad news.

Even more intriguing is the reason: recognizing facial expressions.

Spending between 120–300 minutes per week in nature shown to increase wellbeing.

Here’s how we can use the concept of “impact impression” for criminal reform.

The quality and duration of your nightly ritual helps define who you are.

If virtue is insufficient temptation, then the internet makes sure we are never lacking.

It will take a crack team of scientists, programmers and philosophers to cure the online hate pandemic.

Depression is quicksand, says comedian Pete Holmes. Try this method to help you cope and live with depression.

Moral grandstanding is a vanity project that sabotages public discourse says moral philosopher Brandon Warmke.

Are we just making a profit from human emotions?

A new study shows success in a series of Phase 2 trials.

The lost practice of face-to-face communication has made the world a more extreme place.

When are you most optimistic? A study found how optimism varies throughout life.

5-HTP could help both constipation and depression, but dosage matters.

There’s a reason people are “triggered” during voting time.

Study finds that neurotic people deal with more “mental noise” than others.

This story was originally published in Aeon and has been republished under Creative Commons.