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Where do you place precious brain resources?
In a world where we assume people tell the truth, liars prosper. To stop them from exploiting others, here are three rules to catch a liar.
It's the "intersection of burnout, imposter syndrome, and anxiety.”
The Netflix show about a Birmingham crime family and their personal demons concluded earlier this month.
What’s one of the most reliable indicators that a first date is going well? The answer might lie in how closely the couple is matching each other’s behavior and physiology. […]
Success can be measured in different ways. When it hinges entirely on our careers, we fall victim to a devastating addiction.
Arguments are a normal and often healthy part of a relationship. It all depends on picking the right kind of arguments, though.
Pain makes sense from an evolutionary perspective. What's puzzling is why so many of us choose to seek out painful experiences.
John Templeton Foundation
You can love a romantic partner, but also a pet, a book, God, or the sound of someone’s voice. We need many more words for love.
If argumentation led to nothing, it would soon be thrown into the evolutionary dustbin.
Does your father say "I love you," or express it in another way?
In "The Secret Life of Secrets", Michael Slepian explores how holding secrets affects our relationships, psychology, and well-being.
We already know animals feel emotions, and that they can understand humans' emotions. But can they understand each other's emotions?
Peer coaching can play a key role in building resilient, high-performing teams, while allowing remote workers to connect with one another from afar.
It's time to put on your listening hat.
Willpower alone likely isn't enough to replace a bad habit with a good one.
John Templeton Foundation
Signals from the environment, such as those detected by your sense organs, have no inherent psychological meaning. Your brain creates the meaning.
John Templeton Foundation
Are psychopaths cold-blooded murderers? Not usually.
Aristotle's ancient virtues play a vital role in today's war.
The Spanish language has the ability to minimize and exaggerate by the simple addition of a suffix.
Safety through technology is no bad thing—Nietzsche himself sought doctors and medicines throughout his life—but it can become pathological.
It may depend on whether you're an "easily empathetically embarrassed" person.
The ability is tied to mental health, consciousness, and memory in humans.
People underestimate their opponent’s capacity to feel basic human sensations. We can short-circuit this impulse through moral reframing and perspective taking.
When was the last time you spent some quality time with yourself?
There’s never been a better time to implement empathy training.
Successful romantic relationships require desire, but that desire doesn't have to be sexual.
The results of a 2021 study suggest that the world's most powerful psychedelic may be an underutilized peace-building tool.