Psychology

Psychology

detransitioners
The results of a recent study suggest that some clinicians might be failing to explore other causes when treating gender dysphoria.
James Bond in Casino Royale
What value does wit hold in genres defined by brute strength?
A hand flipping through a box of old records to illustrate why old people don't like new music.
“They just don’t make good music like they used to.”
dream hacking
Scientists want to use dream hacking devices to improve your creativity and memory.
metaphysics
Research shows that psilocybin leads people away from materialism and toward transcendentalism. Apparently, mushrooms teach metaphysics.
Four children gossiping illustrating that gossip is a social skill
Like it or not, we are the descendants of busybodies.
isolation
Communication with home will be difficult on long-haul space flights. The longer this isolation goes on, the more detached a crew becomes.
A woman in a yellow shirt talking on the phone.
Does the voice in your head castigate the voice coming out of a recording device?
Two second graders learn by different approaches. One draws a picture, the other writes a paragraph.
Learning styles are supposed to help learners take ownership of their education, but research doesn’t back up this well-intentioned myth.
Relationship advice
A recent study illuminated surprising differences in how men and women seek help when struggling with relationships.
A person lying in bed lacking sleep due to daylight saving time.
These studies are only the tip of the iceberg, with adverse consequence of the time change ranging from student test scores to stock market returns.
A man and a woman drawing on a white board for an article on how your personality type affects your salary.
The highest earning Myers-Briggs personality type? ENTJ.
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BICEP2 scientist Brian Keating’s new book is honest and insightful, but just as notable for what it fails to recognize. Imagine what it’s like to be a scientist working on […]