psychology
Scientists ripped up kids’ drawings. This is what they learned about relationships.
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The pieces don’t represent an army, they stand in for the Western social order.
A new study found that personality growth in young adults predicted career benefits such as income, degree attainment, and job satisfaction.
There is a neurological link between serotonin levels and the brain’s ability to control impulses and patience levels.
Monogamy is often considered a key component of traditional marriages, but it’s only half the story.
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How a controversial study on psychic powers caused a revolution in psychology research.
A biologist-reporter investigates his fungal namesake.
How to deal with “epistemic exhaustion.”
The heart of the religious ritual is mysticism, argues Brian Muraresku in “The Immortality Key.”
Historian Rutger Bregman argues that the persistent theory that most people are monsters is just wrong.
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Synchronous movement seems to help us form cohesive groups by shifting our thinking from “me” to “we.”
Heard about the phenomenon of FNE, or ‘first night effect’?
Schools have become captivated by the idea that students must learn a set of generalized critical-thinking skills to flourish in the contemporary world.
Psychologists discover that the way the brain perceives beauty differs between art or faces.
Recent research shows that brain teasers don’t make you smarter and don’t belong in job interviews because they don’t reflect real-world problems.
Aligning your goals with deeply held values produces better results—in your career and life.
The more you like, follow and share, the faster you find yourself moving in that political direction.
The color of toys has a much deeper effect on children than some parents may realize.
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The ability to speak up and ask will give these future leaders a much needed boost.
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We make school kids read “Lord of the Flies”—but it’s only half the story.
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Partisan division has reached its peak, shows an alarming new study that identifies three crucial components.
Lack of communication and collaboration are the biggest struggles facing remote workers.
The negative associations of introversion help to explain why loneliness now carries such social stigma.
How can we learn from the lessons of the past and build a better future?
Humans are particularly prone to shiver when a group does or thinks the same thing at the same time.
Certain colors are globally linked to certain feelings, the study reveals.
A study looks at the ingredients of a good scare.
Most people believe themselves to be less at risk from COVID-19 than others similar to them, according to a recent UCL survey conducted in the U.S.
But most city dwellers weren’t seeing the science — they were seeing something out of Blade Runner.
A 2020 study published in the journal of Psychological Science explores the idea that fake news can actually help you remember real facts better.