Psychology
How Does Caffeine Shape the Way We Spend Money?
One question for Dipayan Biswas, a professor of marketing at the University of South Florida.
Don’t Give Up on Facts
People of all political stripes can spot misinformation. They just need a nudge.
Why I Couldn’t Get Over My Brother’s Death
Everybody told me my grief would relent in a year. It only got worse. Was there something wrong with me?
It’s Not Irrational to Party Like It’s 1999
Contrary to what the philosopher said, passion can be a slave to reason.
The Neurologist Who Diagnoses Psychosomatics
Suzanne O’Sullivan on what medical science is missing about mysterious illnesses.
Existential Comfort Without God
Can natural explanations to life’s big questions be as consoling as religious ones?
The Transcendence of Tantric Sex
A psychologist argues science can take a lesson from ritual about how to heal.
The Fine Line Between Reality and Imaginary
We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.

