Neuropsych

In a new study, people who posted a lot of selfies were generally viewed as less likeable and more lonely.

Yet another study shows the potential efficacy of psychedelics in treating addiction.

As tempting as it may be to run away from emotionally-difficult situations, it’s important we confront them head-on.

Learn how to redesign your job for maximum reward.

Meditation doesn’t just reduce stress or make you a more spiritual person; it changes your brain in a variety of ways that can make it easier to learn new information.

This modern therapy technique has been shown to be effective and easy to learn — could teaching it to students help cut off a growing mental health crisis?

Check out these mysterious optical illusions that affect our visual perception.

The motivations behind this complex feeling.

Research suggests that you should adopt an ancient rhetorical method called ‘illeism’.

We like to think of creativity as an inherently good thing. History and science say otherwise.

Ever taken pleasure in someone else’s misfortune?

It turns out these little white lies serve a purpose.

Abraham Maslow’s famous hierarchy of needs is depicted as a triangle with self-actualization at the very top. Right before his death, Maslow wanted to add another to the hierarchy: Self-transcendence.

If ever there was a food that holds a lesson for building bridges in a fractured America, it’s the cabbage roll.

Experts’ thoughts on this unique emotional state.

It may be an uncomfortable thing to do, but creating a will can save your loved ones a lot of headaches after you’re gone.

The fine lines between enjoying another person’s misery.

Suffering can buffer us, and make us more polished versions of ourselves — if we have the right attitude.

Here are some practical ways to disagree and get along with someone at the same time.

Researchers recruited more than 1000 polyamorous participants.

Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a well-known model of human development, but Maslow’s friend and colleague Kazimierz Dąbrowski believed humans developed in a different way.

Want to learn better? Here’s a lesson from cognitive psychology.

Here’s what to say in an era where many people are too afraid to say anything.

When he was developing his famous hierarchy of needs, Abraham Maslow cited 9 historical figures that achieved self-actualization.

Grief is real. Give it time.

In McMindfulness, Ronald Purser says modern mindfulness is dictated more by market forces than ethics.

A new essay by Rafael Euba questions the goals of the happiness industry.

“Having a high level of patience often isn’t something that comes naturally; instead, it is something that improves over time”

These prior beliefs help us make sense of what we are perceiving in the present.

Most diseases don’t differ depending on where you’re from. Schizophrenia, however, is heavily dependent on your culture.