Psychology

Psychology

Find it easier to sort out your friends' problems than your own? This paradox is for you.
People engage in creative thinking every day, whether they realize it or not.
You don’t have to “feel the burn” to see improvements to your health and well-being.
When you can't enter flow, you can still lean on your internal rhythm.
The majority of children who stutter will spontaneously recover from it without intervention, but some 20% of people do not.
Boredom isn’t the enemy; it’s a catalyst for changing your relationship to work.
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Education has a global bias against boys.
It was originally recorded in the 1970s by cognitive psychologists Harry McGurk and John MacDonald.
Closeup of a baby being kissed by his mother.
Sharing food and kissing are among the signals babies use to interpret their social world, according to a new study.
When we're stressed, our hormones and nervous system produce all sorts of odors.
Belief in God and the afterlife increased, while belief in superstition decreased.
The placebo effect is real. So are the ethical conundrums posed by those who would exploit the latest research advances for profit.
"Kids are always asking two questions of parents: 'Am I safe?' and 'Am I real?'"
Eyes with lower pigment (blue or grey eyes) don’t need to absorb as much light as brown or dark eyes before this information reaches the retinal cells. This might provide light-eyed people with some resilience to SAD.
Becoming less physically active as you get older is not inevitable.
Psychologists are finding that moral code violations can leave an enduring mark — and may require new types of therapy.
"In our studies, people who are more intelligent don’t mind wander so often when the task is hard but can do it more when tasks are easy."
Caffeine does something, but it's not clear exactly what.
"All moments past, present, and future, always have existed, always will exist."
The larger truth on the streets is that no one uses just one drug anymore.
"Downward counterfactual thinking" — that is, imagining how things could be worse — is a quick and easy way to boost your well-being and gratitude.
The history of money is a history of convenience, and spending has never been easier than it is today.
Million Stories
You don't have to be an emperor to apply these rules to daily living.
You want your baby's name to be unique, but so does everyone else.
Brown noise, the better-known white noise, and even pink noise are all sonic hues.