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Psychology
Four startup founders explain how to derive lessons from the past while still looking ahead to what’s possible.
Josh Kaufman — best-selling author of entrepreneurial classic "The Personal MBA" — explores an essential truth about all decision-making.
There's a fine line between ambition and ruthlessness.
You will need determination, humility, and courage if you are to master anything.
How to make sure our formative tendencies don't derail us from being the great leaders we are trying to become.
When stuffed and staring down the last bite, you might hear your mother's voice in your mind.
In the fight between head and heart, psychologists will win.
For most of human history, babies probably picked up language by overhearing.
It's good to be a wallflower. But sometimes, you need to show yourself off a bit.
Cognitive systems famously posited by psychologist Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024) may hold the key to a more productive and focused work environment.
50 years ago, Herman Chernoff proposed using human faces to represent multidimensional datasets. It was a good idea in theory — but a disaster in practice.
The evidence is far less clear than popular media might lead you to believe.
Cody Delistraty explores if laughter can help alleviate the physical symptoms of grief.
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Are humans naturally selfless? Psychologist Abigail Marsh is using studies on psychopathy and altruism to find out.
Mental health awareness is more widespread than ever. Some professionals think it may have gone overboard — especially on TikTok.
Neuroscientist Christof Koch on human minds, AI, and bacteria.
Sound may be an overlooked tool for boosting well-being.
An excerpt from renowned neuropsychologist Nicholas Humphrey’s book “Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness.”
Depression can cause you to think too much — and physically sense too little.
The acceptance of death is deeply embedded in our culture; it's time to overthrow that idea.
God is not a vending machine, but is it wrong to treat him like one?
While weltschmerz — literally "world-pain" — may be unpleasant, it can also spur us to change things for the better.
An argument for emphasis on subjective experience.
If music is a window onto truth, what does screaming reveal?
Schopenhauer and Freud can help teams navigate the most prickly of collaboration problems.
It's a proclivity that sometimes leads to internal conflicts and high turnover.
When high-anxiety situations arise in the workplace, we tend to react by fighting, fleeing, freezing, or fawning — but there’s a hidden fifth option.
Admitting that we know little about our future selves can radically improve our decision-making.
The majority of people in every country support action on climate, but the public consistently underestimates this share.
At a fundamental level, only a few particles and forces govern all of reality. How do their combinations create human consciousness?