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Psychology

This WWII Story Made Us Better Thinkers

Bullet-ridden B-17 bombers taught us to look for what’s missing.

July 13, 2023

The 5 Most Common Delusions Worldwide

These bizarre beliefs are strikingly prevalent across a diversity of cultures. Why?

July 11, 2023

Does Dream Inception Work? 

One MIT-trained poet spent nine months trying to find out.

June 14, 2023

Why We Hallucinate Supernatural Explanations

We’re not so different from an error-prone chatbot.

June 13, 2023

Is Morality in Decline?

One question for Adam Mastroianni, a psychologist at Columbia University.

June 12, 2023

Our Super Malleable Sense of Self

Why is it possible to mistake parts of someone else’s face for your own?

June 8, 2023

What Hallucinogens Will Make You See

8 ways psychedelics distort our vision.

June 1, 2023

Why Scientists Need to Get High

Psychoactive drugs have long been hailed as miracle cures. But you can only understand the paths they blaze through the mind if you’ve traveled them.

May 23, 2023

Why Do People Believe the Earth Is Flat?

One question for José Arroyo-Barrigüete, an economist at Comillas Pontifical University in Spain.

May 22, 2023

When Are We OK with Getting Bribed?

One question for Nils Köbis, a social psychologist at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development.

May 1, 2023

What Makes Someone Forgettable?

One question for Michèle Belot, an economist at Cornell University.