Psychology
Psychology
Psychology stories — what makes people tick, what childhood patterns shape adulthood, how high-functioning minds navigate the world. Part of our Mind & Meaning editorial section.
Psychology
In 1848, a railway foreman named Phineas Gage was packing explosives into rock when…
Psychology
A 'sasaeng' is the South Korean term for a fan whose devotion crosses into…
Psychology
A study showed six-month-old babies photos of spiders next to flowers matched for…
Psychology
Researchers who study cults say the people most likely to join aren't the gullible…
Science & Engineering
At Kyoto University, dogs who saw a stranger snub their owner later took fewer…
Psychology
At 43, a stroke left French Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby conscious and lucid…
Psychology
A Yale psychologist asked 660 older adults in Ohio how they felt about growing…
Psychology
In 1967, a history teacher couldn't explain how ordinary Germans fell in behind the…
Psychology
For centuries, nostalgia was treated as a disease
Psychology
Relationship satisfaction at 50 predicted physical health at 80 better than…
Psychology
Doomscrolling is associated with distress and poor sleep, while evening screen…
Psychology
The loneliest period in a human life, according to population surveys across…
Human Factors
Buzz Aldrin called the Moon "magnificent desolation." He spent the decades after it…
Psychology
That adorable 'guilty look' your dog gives you is probably not guilt at all
Psychology