psychology

If ever there was a food that holds a lesson for building bridges in a fractured America, it’s the cabbage roll.

Experts’ thoughts on this unique emotional state.

A surprising study reveals how people feel about being replaced by robots in their jobs.

The claim comes after two mass shootings over the weekend that killed, in total, 31 people.

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.

He goes on and on about ideology, but what does it mean?

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.

Want to learn better? Here’s a lesson from cognitive psychology.

In David Epstein’s ‘Range’, dabblers and dillettantes are ascendant.

When he was developing his famous hierarchy of needs, Abraham Maslow cited 9 historical figures that achieved self-actualization.

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”

These prior beliefs help us make sense of what we are perceiving in the present.

Most diseases don’t differ depending on where you’re from. Schizophrenia, however, is heavily dependent on your culture.

Schadenfreude has always been with us.

The results contradict the popular assumption that men react far more strongly to pornography.

It’s a popular buzzword among the self-help community, but does trying to become self-actualized do any good?

LSD may help us change our lives by spurring perspective shifts.

We’re too afraid to voice our complaints, and for good reason — it often doesn’t go well.

Try not to think about your hands. Now enjoy a few minutes of not being able to stop thinking about them.

We don’t perceive time in an objective fashion; instead, the brain interprets time in a complex and amorphous way.

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

Some studies say they help, others say just the opposite. Let’s dig in to find the truth.

It isn’t surprising, but what’s behind the straight-white-male hegemony?

The downsides of drug abuse are so clear that one would imagine smarter folks would stay away from them. The research suggests otherwise.

Studying ‘episodic memory’ in animals may hold the key to understanding memory loss in humans.

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

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

A comprehensive interdisciplinary paper removes any doubt that orcas don’t belong in marine parks and zoos.