Human Factors
Human
The universal psychology lane. Stories about how people relate to one another, themselves, and the world — written for readers who are curious about why we behave the way we do. Sister section to Space Psychology.
Human Behaviour
Psychologists call it a lie of omission when everything a person says is true but…
Human Factors
Deep in the human inner ear sit tiny organs whose only job is to tell the brain…
Science & Engineering
Researchers tested an engineered enzyme on donated skin tissue and brought its…
Human Behaviour
Arthur Aron's 1997 study generated 36 questions that escalate in intimacy, and two…
Human Behaviour
John Bowlby, the British psychiatrist who built attachment theory in the 1950s…
Human Behaviour
The Dunning-Kruger effect, mapped by two Cornell psychologists in 1999, found that…
Human Behaviour
We treat daydreaming as a lapse in focus, but neuroscientists tracking the brain's…
Human Behaviour
The basal ganglia, buried deep beneath the cortex, help turn a studied city map…
Human Factors
Astronauts returning from long stays in orbit say the smell of rain is almost too…
Human Behaviour
The brain's default mode network was discovered almost by accident in the 1990s
Human Behaviour
The Zeigarnik effect helps explain why unfinished goals can feel louder than…
Human Behaviour
A famous spotlight-effect experiment by Thomas Gilovich and colleagues found…
Human Behaviour
I put six minutes of birdsong through my headphones during the worst week of the…
Psychology
The handshake is said to have begun as proof of an empty hand, no weapon and no…
Human Behaviour