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It will kill many directly, but the effort to fight it will incur a huge toll on other aspects of our health and well-being

Rejection stings for everyone, but for highly rejection-sensitive people, it can be a real showstopper

Going out to interview people in rural Kentucky brought the dry population statistics I work with vividly to life

It reveals that they involve the amygdala, the prefrontal cortex, the posterior cingulate and the anterior temporal cortex

In times of great uncertainty, we should look beyond the data

Research on positive psychology may help prevent burnout

Psychologists can’t agree whether facial expressions reliably convey moods. But companies building emotion-recognition software aren’t waiting to find out

There is a superior way to motivate kids and make them feel proud about their accomplishments

Teens’ tech skills can help keep us stay close when we’re physically apart

Public health interventions can work in this poor and populous country—but only if the people are involved in designing and implementing them

Some famous musicians—from Mariah Carey to Jimi Hendrix—have a gift known as perfect pitch. What is it? Could you have it, too?

The ongoing effort to fight COVID-19 wins broad support, even across partisan divides