Psychology

Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American

Highly assertive, confident individuals may foster a selfish culture that hurts productivity

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