Psychology

Mice Pass an Intelligence Test Reserved for Human Development

Is ‘No-Nut November’ Worth it? Experts Reveal Its Unexpected Impacts

Why Is My Cat Staring At Nothing? Inside Your Cat's Unsettling, Blank Gaze

Our Brains Completely Distort How Time Actually Happens — Here’s How To Take Advantage Of It

Nicolas Cage's Trippy New Sci-Fi Movie Uncovers a Weird Field of Dream Science

A New Study Estimated The Number of Times An Average Person Lies Per Day

This Radical Discovery About The Human Psyche Could Fundamentally Change Psychology

Staying Up All Night Rewires The Brain — And Could Be Key To Solving Mental Health

This One Mindset Shift Could Radically Change How We Experience Chronic Pain

A Dog Park Might Not Be the Best Option For Your Pup, Vets Say

A New Book Reveals the Hardships And Systemic Biases Many Women in STEM Still Face

This Bizarre Phenomenon Occurs When People Are Listening To The Same Music

Is My Cat Bored? Here's What Animal Boredom Actually Looks Like

Have Negative Thoughts? Suppressing Them Could Help Some People, Study Suggests

Human Agency Comes To Humans Shockingly Early Says A Study

Should You Take A Break From Social Media? Psychologists Reveal An Unlikely Suggestion

Michael Jai White Did Magic Tricks With 'Dark Knight' Co-Star Heath Ledger

6 Years Later, Hulu's Creepy New Thriller Learns the Wrong Lesson From Jordan Peele

Why Does My Cat Eat Plastic? Veterinarians Reveal The Surprisingly Simple Answer

What Does Anxiety Actually Do To Us? A Psychiatrist Explains How It Invades The Body

Can I Train My Cat To Use The Scratching Post? A Veterinarian Reveals An Ideal Solution

Psychopathy May Be Entirely Misunderstood — Why the Condition Could Be Beneficial

Laughter Communicates Specific Emotions — Here’s How to Interpret a Chuckle

What 'The Crowded Room' Gets Wrong About Dissociative Identity Disorder

Psychologists Just Figured Out How The Brain “Hears” the Sound of Silence

How Depression Affects People Even at the Linguistic Level

MDMA Changes the Brain — But Scientists Still Don’t Know It’s Full Potential

Why Does My Dog Sit Facing Away From Me? A Pet Expert Explains

Neuroscientists May Have Found the Part of Your Brain That Makes You Hangry

This One, Easy Type of Exercise is Superior For Brain Health

This New Sci-Fi Thriller Learned All the Wrong Lessons From Christopher Nolan

Is Pessimism Good for You? This One Type is Surprisingly Beneficial for Mental Health

These 3 Personality Traits Define Extreme Altruists — Do You Have Them?

Everyone Overthinks — This Simple Trick Will Get You Out of Your Head

Study Finds 2 Personality Traits Predict Well-Being — But Don’t Worry if You Don’t Have Them

Feel a Ghostly Presence? New Scientific Research Might Explain Why

Sorry, ChatGPT Probably Can’t Make You Better at Gambling

This Hack to Combat Boredom Could Transform Your Productivity

This Is Why Your Cat Freaks Out When You Say "Pspspsps"

Novel Research on How Mice Perceive Pleasure Reveals a Promising Path to Treating Addiction

The Weirdest Sci-Fi Movie on HBO Max Reveals an Even Stranger True Story

Mice Playing Video Games Reveals a Key to Memory Formation

These Science-Backed Strategies Can Help “Hard to Treat” Depression

Chatbots Aren’t Becoming Sentient — Our Biggest Fears Are in Our Heads

'Boston Strangler' Review: Keira Knightley Can't Resuscitate A Suffocating True-Crime Slog

'Yellowjackets' Season 2 Review: The Teen Terror Reaches Bewildering New Heights

A Daily Commute Provides Needed “Liminal Space” For Your Brain

Daylight Savings Is Bad For Our Health — This Simple Method Is Better

The Psychological Reason You’re Afraid of Clowns

This Key Ability Helps Make Us Human — and We Still Don’t Completely Understand It