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Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley In an unguarded moment during my senior year of high school, a kid from the yearbook staff approached me for a quote to appear beneath my photo. Today, thumbing through…
Updated July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley Years ago, I made a snap read of a young patient’s parent. Something in the first five minutes said arrogant—the too-smooth handshake, some ancient pattern of mine…
Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley The self-development world has spent 25 years tiptoeing around a really important scientific finding: A substantial portion of how happy you are is the luck of the…
Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan Artificial intelligence has much to tell us about deception based on recent experiments carried out by scientists at the artificial intelligence company Anthropic. The…
Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch Everyone says you find love when you stop looking. I don't know if that's true. But whenever I realize someone is in search mode, looking for "the one," I immediately lose…
Sometimes, the things that make us, and those around us, feel good can be working against us at the same time.
Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan The Greek poet Virgil said, "Fortune favors the bold." I first discovered this truism as an older teenager, and it has served me well through the years. As a high school…
Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley This month, as the United States celebrated its 250th anniversary, the immortal phrase âwe the peopleâ appeared on parade banners, in commemorative essays, in…
Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan As a therapist, I hear a lot about regret. “If I had only…”. “I should have known…” “How could I have…” It has always struck me as a unique emotional state — a mix of…
Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk One of the most common emotions divorced parents experience, especially the spouse who was the lower- or non-earning spouse during the marriage, is tension around money…
Alzheimer's drugs can now clear amyloid build-up from the brain. But does that translate into real-world improvement?
Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk The human body presents us with a psychological contradiction. It’s the source of movement, identity, pleasure, intimacy, and life itself... and yet it also ages, sweats…
Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Devon Frye "Events of mutual aggression are unavoidable in the course of a life lived together, but, by the same token, the possibility of their clarification and resolution carries…
Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk Death has a very powerful way of putting living in perspective. My neighbor died last Thursday evening. Only 30 minutes earlier, he had been blowing leaves in his garden…
Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan Human intelligence and artificial intelligence don't differ simply in how they think. They differ in what happens after a thought is made. For years, I've called these two…
Updated July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan When Kay Russell woke from a short nap one evening, she no longer sounded like herself. The 49-year-old from Gloucestershire had gone to sleep with her usual English…
Updated July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan If reality is a simulation, isn't the idea that reality is a simulation itself a simulation? Then reality must be real — correct? If only it were that simple. Every age…
Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan Attraction in a relationship is a measure of intensity. That is, how strongly two people are drawn to each other, how quickly the connection forms and how much energy the…
Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk Gaslighting, whereby someone undermines our belief in our own experiences, is now a familiar term, while other hurdles to personal knowledge have been overlooked. One of…
Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk A couple sat across from me, both dressed in dark clothing and speaking quietly. Two years earlier, their young adult daughter had died in a bus accident while studying…
Watching television very often in midlife may be linked to troubling brain changes decades later. In a study of about 1,700 adults, frequent TV viewers later showed smaller brain regions involved in memory…
Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan I’ve been wondering how our desire for output rather than quality is threatening our sense of meaning. What happens when fast fashion makes us feel momentarily trendy…
My generation is struggling to find safety in our human relationships. AI companionship is filling the gap“There are parts of myself I only share with my AI,” Jerome told me. “Your AI?” I asked.He was 27, three months…
If a young person trusts the system to deliver a just outcome, their brain’s urgent need for retribution is dialled down.
In this analysis, a criminal psychologist examines Lori Vallow Daybell's post-verdict interview with Briana Whitney, exploring the psychological themes, communication patterns, and behavioral cues ...
Psychology says people who sleep with one leg outside the blanket are usually responding to body temperature regulation. Whether someone sleeps fully covered or always lets one leg escape the blanket, ...
With artificial-intelligence tools speeding up and taking on ever more steps in science, Nature canvassed opinions on tasks that readers would rather keep for themselves. Here is a snapshot of the responses. As a student…
Reward responsiveness plays an important role in promoting health and well-being in youth. Understanding associations between early experiences and variation in the typical developmental trajectory of reward…
Public health policy and clinical guidelines worldwide have stressed the importance of exercise for health and well-being. However, an increasing evidence-base shows that personality traits can impact individual…
Deceptive actions such as head fakes are a hallmark of interactive sports, yet it is not well understood how decisions and whole-body responses to head fakes unfold over time. In the present study, participants viewed…
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