Creative Types Reserve a Special Corner of the Brain for Dreaming Big
Artists, novelists, actors and directors excel at tapping into “imagination” circuits
Artists, novelists, actors and directors excel at tapping into “imagination” circuits
A biologist-philosopher cautions against banishing from our worldview things that science cannot comprehend
An interview with British clinical psychologist Paul Gilbert, founder of compassion focused therapy
Growing up in a home filled with books enhances enhances intellectual capacity in later life, even if you don't read them all.
Picture books provide some of our earliest and most concise introductions into how and why we make decisions
Jayne Riew combines text and images to produce artistic works that are deeply psychological
We should doubt all theories and theologies that claim to solve the problem of who we really are
Felines move their ears, heads and tails more when they hear their names compared to when they hear similar words. Jim Daley reports.
Cross-Check columns on consciousness, free will and other mind-related puzzles...
The Psychology Podcast Recap for April 2019
A new paper investigates the real origins of Maslow's pyramid.
Freshwater dolphins are evolutionary relics, and their calls give clues to the origins of cetacean communication in general. Christopher Intagliata reports.
The tiny brain of a honeybee is apparently able to calculate small numbers' addition and subtraction. Annie Sneed reports.
A new supplement claims to use complex systems science to help increase the human life span.
Do what you love: the nonagenarian showed no signs of slowing down from a nearly seven-day-a-week work schedule
New research suggests that trigger warnings are, at best, trivially helpful.
Research reveals strategies for staying motivated in the face of challenges
The Psychology Podcast recap for March 2019
Tracking the location and mood of 15,000 people, researchers found that scenic beauty was linked to happiness—including near urban sights like bridges and buildings. Christopher Intagliata reports...
Study points toward lifelong neuron formation in the human brain’s hippocampus, with implications for memory and disease
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