psychology

How do you cope when joining a team shatters your confidence? Albert Camus and Harry Stack Sullivan can help.

Unraveling the subtle mechanics of luck can help us better steer the wheel of fortune.

Meg LeFauve and Dave Holstein drew inspiration from psychologists as well as their own children, becoming more understanding parents in the process.

Why dispelling the notion that it’s all about getting the correct answer is so powerful.

“I know what you’re thinking” can sound kind or creepy — depending on who’s saying it.

Four startup founders explain how to derive lessons from the past while still looking ahead to what’s possible.

Why the best entrepreneurs should be more Obi-Wan Kenobi than Luke Skywalker.

Josh Kaufman — best-selling author of entrepreneurial classic “The Personal MBA” — explores an essential truth about all decision-making.

Everyone has to learn about sex somehow. Today, billions of people are learning about it from porn.

There’s a fine line between ambition and ruthlessness.

We must get happiness right — even when the world around us gets it wrong.

How to make sure our formative tendencies don’t derail us from being the great leaders we are trying to become.

In “Not Born Yesterday,” author and cognitive scientist Hugo Mercier makes the case that misinformation is overrated — and other human foibles are underrated.

“The movement is much bigger than Sam Bankman-Fried, or any one person, no matter how wealthy,” philosopher Peter Singer told Big Think.

Executive coach Jodi Wellman explains how to “make it to the end with no regrets.”

Big Think Business columnist Eric Markowitz prefaces his new series on long-term thinking with the experience that almost cut his life short.

Our desire for recognition at work can lead to perilous ends.

For most of human history, babies probably picked up language by overhearing.

It’s good to be a wallflower. But sometimes, you need to show yourself off a bit.

Cognitive systems famously posited by psychologist Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024) may hold the key to a more productive and focused work environment.

The evidence is far less clear than popular media might lead you to believe.

“We should be informed and educated about the risks of AI, but we can’t be afraid,” Khan Academy founder Sal Khan told Big Think.

From flow to emotional intelligence, these insightful books feature actionable advice you can try out today.

Neuroscientist Christof Koch on human minds, AI, and bacteria.

An excerpt from renowned neuropsychologist Nicholas Humphrey’s book “Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness.”

To understand others, you need to see past their fleeting emotions. You must perceive who they are as people.

The philosopher Skye C. Cleary explores what being authentically happy looks like in a world where so many can’t be.

The acceptance of death is deeply embedded in our culture; it’s time to overthrow that idea.

While weltschmerz — literally “world-pain” — may be unpleasant, it can also spur us to change things for the better.

An argument for emphasis on subjective experience.