Stories by Maria Konnikova

The Great American Novel and the search for group cohesion

Revisiting Robbers Cave: The easy spontaneity of intergroup conflict

Reclaiming the sacred gift: A postscript on humanities and science

Humanities aren't a science. Stop treating them like one.

The birth of experimental psychology: How do we measure beginnings?

Warning: This story might make you anxious

Lessons from Sherlock Holmes: How do you kill your hero?

Happy first birthday, SciAm blogs!

Room for magic: A conversation with Lyndsay Faye

How to fool Houdini-and avoid fooling yourself

If we remember more, can we read deeper-and create better? Part II.

If we remember more, can we read deeper-and create better? Part I.

The Power of Once upon a Time : A Story to Tame The Wild Things

On writing, memory, and forgetting: Socrates and Hemingway take on Zeigarnik

The Storytelling Animal: A Conversation with Jonathan Gottschall

The Innate Irresistibility of Film

Hunters of Myths: Why Our Brains Love Origins

Intelligence and Other Stereotypes: The Power of Mindset

The Big Lesson of a Little Prince: (Re)capture the Creativity of Childhood

Our Storytelling Minds: Do We Ever Really Know What's Going on Inside?

Smells Like Old Times

Why Are We So Afraid of Creativity?

Hamlet and the Power of Beliefs to Shape Reality

How a Book about the Future Inspired Me to Look into the Neural Underpinnings of the Past