psychology

When the present looks bleak, we reach for a rose-tinted past.

The science and philosophy of looking down from a high place.

Are you a tyrant or a servant?

The neurology of dread and desire on Half Dome.

The meditative psychiatrist.

A chat with the creator of the Stanford Prison Experiment.

What makes a person magnetic and why we should be wary.

Some psychologists believe suicide and depression can be strategic.

Willpower is a dangerous, old idea that needs to be scrapped.

It pays to imagine your life is on a winning streak.

This is what happens when we can occupy our heroes’ bodies.