Latest Psychology Stories
The best workout apps for all kinds of exercise
Early humans carved old skeletal remains from burial caves into tools
Are you burned out? Here’s how your body might be telling you.
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Neha Sangwan
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If anxiety is in my brain, why is my heart pounding?
Couples often share more common traits than we might think
Why our brains think fake hands are part of our bodies
To create a small Mars colony, leave the jerks on Earth
The unexpected benefits of making your clothes a source of joy
Even ‘fake’ laughter has social value
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Adrienne Wood/The Conversation
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Why do people have recurring nightmares?
Deaths related to excessive alcohol consumption rise in recent years—especially for women
Deepfake videos may be convincing enough to create false memories
How rock-paper-scissors champs use psychology to win
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Greg Costikyan/MIT Press Reader
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US schools aren’t ready for another pandemic
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Katherine Reynolds Lewis/Undark
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Kids pick up math skills while playing certain board games
The ‘experience’ of a cup of coffee may be just as stimulating as its caffeine
These wearable cyborg arms were modeled after Japanese horror fiction and puppets
These auditory illusions make people hear phrases as melodies
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Ben Macaulay
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Suicide hotlines promise anonymity. Dozens of their websites send sensitive data to Facebook.
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Colin Lecher and Jon Keegan/The Markup
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An eating disorder chatbot that gave harmful advice was taken offline. Now it’s coming back.
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Kate Wells/KFF Health News
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How pilots end up in a ‘death spiral’
Orcas are attacking boats. But is it revenge or trauma?
Psychedelics and anesthetics cause unexpected chemical reactions in the brain
How to manage anxiety in response to rejection
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Pooja Shah
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Primary care doctors are fed up and burnt out
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Lauren Sausser/KFF Health News
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Feeling sad when your favorite show ends? It might be post-series depression.
Why you should sleep naked tonight, according to science
Neuralink human brain-computer implant trials finally get FDA approval
US Surgeon General warns of a ‘profound risk of harm’ for kids on social media
AI therapists might not actually help your mental health
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Elisabeth Rosenthal/KFF Health News
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Baboons can recover from childhood trauma with a little help from their friends
Should kids use social media? US psychology experts share their do’s and don’ts.
The right amount of online scrolling could decrease your risk of dementia
Coping advice from people with the world’s most stressful jobs
Being loud and fast may make you a more effective Zoom communicator
Selfies are for memories, not just for vanity
Is shyness something kids feel, or something kids are?
Nice chimps finish last—so why aren’t all of them mean?
Young kids learn the realities of climate change in forest schools
Parrots are deeply intelligent. But do we understand their emotions?
Can CBD help you chill? Here’s what we know so far.
Bears can count, take selfies, use tools, recognize supermodels, and even open car doors
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Ruscena Wiederholt
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Complex languages might shape bilingual brains differently
How to break your toxic infinite scroll habit on TikTok
4 common myths about Narcan, the ‘antidote’ to opioid overdose
Why fatigue is so common in older adults
Sounding like an AI chatbot may hurt your credibility
Two alcohol recovery apps shared user data without their consent
Do magic tricks work on monkeys? Only if they have opposable thumbs like us.
ADHD patients face wildly different drug testing requirements
Social relationships are important to the health of aging adults
Do you never feel FOMO? Time to meet its twin, JOMO.
Gorillas like to scramble their brains by spinning around really fast
Seniors are struggling with chronic anxiety, but don’t seek treatment
Why childhood memories of smells are so powerful and emotional
How to cope with collective grief—and even turn it into action
Little kids drew their grim—and hopeful—reality of COVID
People use emojis to soften the blow of negative feelings
3 early spring cleaning ideas to get you out of hibernation mode
This is your brain on Christmas music
Police brutality is an unaddressed public health crisis in America
4-day work week shows big benefits for both workers and employers in UK
Teen girls and queer youth are facing a crisis of hopelessness, CDC finds
Citizen science is another great form of nature therapy