
From Designing a House to Editing Text, Sometimes Less Is More
Our minds tend to create new stuff by piling on to what’s already there, a practice that narrows our thinking
Our minds tend to create new stuff by piling on to what’s already there, a practice that narrows our thinking
The right combination of variables is needed to achieve a blazing success—one explanation for why there was never a “Kinksmania”
People working together often scheme to put profits ahead of telling the truth. New research points to ways to stop this behavior
The emotion AI industry, courts and child educators are unknowingly relying on a misunderstanding of Darwin’s ideas
Studies suggest that appreciating beauty in the everyday may be just as powerful as a sense of overarching purpose
When networking, women and people in racial and ethnic minority groups can benefit from calling out their identity
Children are worried by Russia’s attack and need explanations about what is going on, a family counselor says
The nation’s largest association of psychologists said its members should do more to treat the dangerous health effects of rising temperatures
Children as young as seven years old may hesitate to ask questions in school because they worry classmates will think they are “stupid”
High levels of it have put people at risk of emotional problems
New research underscores that almost everyone’s personality blends “more often seen in men” and “more often seen in women” characteristics
People in a study handily solved puzzles while juggling an unrelated mental task by relying on spontaneous insight, not analytic thinking
A focus on the traumatic origins of an often stigmatized psychiatric diagnosis is inspiring new treatments
People seeking to radicalize others are using ads to push conspiracy theories and extremist views
You can change your behavior in lasting ways by changing how you frame your situation, explains behavioral scientist Ayelet Fishbach in her new book
The one-year anniversary of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is raising concerns about falsehoods that increase the risk of repeat events
The pandemic is teaching us key lessons about how people respond to crisis and misinformation, and it is spurring changes in the way scientists study public health questions
A new project measures ways to promote positive social relations among groups
People with different perspectives don’t have to butt heads
The 2020 protests made only small differences in the number of presenters
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