Accumulating research and emerging experiences suggest we're witnessing fundamental changes in human psychological ...

Podcasts have quietly become the new classroom, therapist’s office, and late-night debate all rolled into one. The best ones ...

Snapchat gave users nine years to accumulate memories, and will now charge them to keep those memories. Behavioral economics reveals why this feels like psychological coercion.

Every menorah in a window is not only a Jewish ritual; it is an act of psychological de-biasing. It challenges the narratives ...

Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text message to composing an op-ed, ...

Inside the artist’s brain, creativity emerges not as magic, but as a disciplined dance between imagination, emotion and ...

New research suggests that the human appreciation for beauty may be rooted in biological frugality. A study published in PNAS ...

Blinking is a human reflex most often performed without thinking, like breathing. Although research on blinking is usually ...

New research finds that brain development is not linear. There are distinct phases with unique characteristics.

Humans and most other animals are known to be strongly driven by expected rewards or adverse consequences. The process of ...

Irritability is a normal response to frustrations, but it can sometimes signal an underlying mental health disorder, like ...

Study maps five major eras of brain wiring from birth to old age, revealing the key turning points that shape how we learn, ...