Psychology
I Didn’t Know My Mind Was So Strange Until I Started Listening to It
I took part in an experiment to decipher my inner thoughts.
Should Social Psychologists Experiment with Psychedelics?
One question for Sonja Lyubomirsky, a psychologist at UC Riverside.
Why Should We Delay Gratification?
One question for Yuko Munakata, a psychologist at the University of California, Davis and director of the Cognition in Context Lab.
What Motivates Political Violence?
One question for Katarzyna Jaśko, a social psychologist at Jagiellonian University in Poland.
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?