Psychology

Cognitive Architecture, Emotion, Depth Psychology & Behavioral Science

In This Issue

Can you ever really think what someone else is thinking? — Psyche Guides
To see how communication truly works, we should set aside the notion that different people can share the same thoughts
Traction! — Aeon Mind
Tribologists study friction: what happens when things rub together. It’s indispensable, from the wheel to the paths of stars
Venting Frustration: What Are We Really Saying? — Psychology Today
Venting isn't some uncoordinated lapse in personal control. It's a calculated attempt to communicate with others who share a common predicament.
10 Relationship Yellow Flags That May Not Be Deal-Breakers — Psychology Today
Yellow flags aren't necessarily deal-breakers, but they can reveal deeper relationship patterns.
Does Trauma Shatter Memory? What the Research Actually Shows — Psychology Today
Many people claim that traumatic memories are universally fragmented. What does research say?
Play, the Uncanny Valley, and Halloween — Psychology Today
At Halloween, we laugh away fear.
How to Prepare to Watch 'The One With Matthew Perry' — Psychology Today
As we prepare to watch the documentary, old feelings of nostalgia, resonance, and loss may emerge.
AI and People With Brain Injury — Psychology Today
The burgeoning field of agentic AI increases independence for people with brain injury but creates challenges around safeguarding personal information and medical data.
Why Resilience Is Not a Solo Act — Psychology Today
Being resilient is more than just getting through challenging times. It's also about finding safe spaces and surrounding yourself with people who will support you in times of need.
Why You Are Drawn to Partners Who Need 'Fixing' — Psychology Today
Caring, giving people keep falling for partners they have to save. Don't blame bad judgment. Look instead at early family dynamics.
Why romantic relationships matter more to men than to women — Psyche Guides
For too long, men were told to be self-sufficient. The research shows they’re more likely to thrive in a loving couple
Dear Al Pacino — Psyche Guides
I wrote my mother’s mad letters to celebrities. It was the only time we shared the same plane of reality
Are you getting enough sun? — Psyche Guides
The new book ‘In Defense of Sunlight’ argues that our concerns about the sun’s risks lead us to overlook its benefits
How to overcome task paralysis — Psyche Guides
If you have ADHD or you’re stressed, tired and stuck, goal management training can help you get started and keep going
What life in Denmark shows about the power of emotional safety — Psyche Guides
A deep sense of ease – what the Danes call ‘tryg’ – is a collective responsibility that allows individuals to flourish
The Wildest Bet Is the Winning Bet — The Marginalian Mind
We place life’s bets by countless calculations of probability, conscious and unconscious, only to discover over and over how short they fall of the wildest reaches of the possible, which alwa…
Ursula K. Le Guin on the Meaning of Life — The Marginalian Mind
Nathaniel Hawthorne on How to Look and Really See — The Marginalian Mind
The mystery is revealed, and after a breath or two, becomes just as great a mystery as before.
Introducing the Museum of Delight — The Marginalian Mind
How to Hold Your Heart with Golden Hands — The Marginalian Mind
Other people — Aeon Mind
Disconnection is at the heart of today’s crises. So my husband and I chose a radical and revealing remedy: living communally
Corrective for a Broken Heart — The Marginalian Mind
“Life will break you,” Louise Erdrich wrote in her passionate insistence that “you are here to risk your heart.” It can happen with a shattering, or with a thousand small fi…
How to Be Un-Dead: Notes on Waking Up from the Trance of Near-Living — The Marginalian Mind
Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.
How to Grow Old without Letting Life Become a Parody of Itself — The Marginalian Mind
In old age we should wish still to have passions strong enough to prevent us turning in on ourselves.
How intuitions work — Aeon Mind
Just as seeing a tree gives you reason to believe it’s there, sensing that a stranger is creepy gives you reason to walk away
Horrible, unmanly, indispensable — Aeon Mind
Renaissance Italians saw the gun as the Devil’s work. But soon they embraced this unchivalrous – and necessary – weapon
How to be a (Roman) man — Aeon Mind
Cicero’s ideal of manly virtue stressed the performance of self-control and bravery, not boastful egotism and domination
Forensic Facial Specialists Can Identify People Using Just a Couple Facial Features — Nautilus Mind
Your furrowed brow may be betraying you
Is This the First Corporate Psychopath? — Nautilus Mind
A historical study makes a compelling case
LSD May Speed Up Brain Activity and Make it Fractal — Nautilus Mind
New study suggests a more complex reshuffling of experience

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