Psychology

A study suggests a complex interplay between bodily feeling, emotion and art

Fathers and nonbirthing parents benefit from skin-to-skin contact with their newborns

Teacher feedback that gives students options can make them feel empowered

Therapy for dissociative identity disorder has aimed to meld many personalities into one. But that’s not the only solution, a caring therapist shows

We learn the story of “Ella,” a patient with 12 different personalities, or “parts,” and of her therapist, who helped her form a peaceful community—many selves in one body and mind.

Western individualism may promote a “better than you actually are” mindset

We think about what a penguin is like in dozens of different ways—one reason why we often talk past each other

Here’s why a woman who spent 500 days in extreme isolation lost her sense of time

New research shows that people are drawn to others with more extreme versions of their own political views

To get people to shift to more climate-friendly behavior, what works best? Education? Payments? Peer pressure?

Studies show that people may experience enormous variability in personality traits throughout the course of the day

Insights from Deaf and autistic communities could finally make office spaces better for everyone.