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Psychology

  1. The Psychology of ‘Unnecessary’ MastectomiesMany women know it makes little medical sense. That’s almost beside the point.
    By Melissa Dahl
  2. Depressing Study Finds Gender Stereotypes Haven’t Changed Since the 1980sFun!
    By Melissa Dahl
  3. How the Clothes You Wear Help You FocusOr don’t.
    By Tanya Basu
  4. Is Psychology’s Replication Crisis Really Overblown?A response to a famous study from August is making waves, but there’s less there than meets the eye.
    By Jesse Singal
  5. What Happens to People Who Get Evicted Over and Over and OverIn his new book, a MacArthur “genius” tells the tragic stories of those trapped at the bottom of Milwaukee’s housing market.
    By Jesse Singal
  6. Are You Better Off Not Knowing Your Medical Future?Uncertainty may be a better life path for those who are at risk for Huntington’s.
    By Melissa Dahl
  7. People Blindly Follow Their Robot LeadersEven if they are clearly going the wrong way.
    By Melissa Dahl
  8. virtual reality
    Meet Virtual You: How Your VR Self Influences Your Real-Life SelfYour avatar can affect your behavior in the “real” world in some surprising ways. 
    By Amy Cuddy
  9. colonialism
    How Psychology Helped Support — and Subvert — the British EmpireAll too often we draw a clean, hard line between science and dogma — and between reforming unjust structures and validating them.
    By Jack Meserve
  10. creativity
    A Neuroscientist Patiently Explains the Allure of the Adult Coloring BookThe psychological draw of a task that feels creative, but doesn’t actually involve creating anything new.
    By Jordan Gaines Lewis
  11. psychology
    Is There a Biological Purpose for Profanity?Swearing can, in fact, give us measurable benefits.
    By Jeff Wilser
  12. psychology
    These Scientists Are Trying to Quantify Your Taste in ArtThere’s no accounting for taste, unless maybe there is. 
    By Jacoba Urist
  13. lies we’ve told
    Turns Out Our 30s Are Going to Suck Happy Monday!
    By Allison P. Davis
  14. therapy
    There’s a Shortage of Mental-Health Professionals in the U.S.So this explains why it’s so hard to find a good one.
    By Melissa Dahl
  15. exercises in futility
    I Am Training for a Marathon. So Why Am I Getting Fat? The link between exercise and weight gain isn’t as clear-cut as we’d like to imagine.
    By Melissa Dahl
  16. personality
    Is It Possible to Be a Perfectionist Without Driving Yourself Nuts?The pursuit of perfection doesn’t have to end in self-loathing when you miss the mark.
    By Melissa Dahl
  17. siblings
    What Psychology Says About Venus and Serena’s Sibling RivalryNo one loves you or bugs you quite like your brother or sister. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  18. The Strange Bliss of Things Fitting Perfectly Into Other ThingsOrder in the chaos. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  19. shes the boss
    How to Boss Yourself AroundIt’s time you started listening to you. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  20. perception
    Why Screaming Gets Our AttentionWe all know there’s something compelling about shrill shrieks and blood-curdling wails, but a new study casts some light on what that something is.
    By Jack Holmes
  21. doomed relationships
    Don’t Stand on One Leg and Think About Your Significant OtherA new old wives’ tale.
    By Allison P. Davis
  22. work life
    Why Everyone Thinks They’re Doing All the WorkIt’s called overclaiming, and we all do it.
    By Melissa Dahl
  23. psychology
    What Motivates Extreme Athletes to Take Huge Risks?For many, the answer isn’t what you’d assume. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  24. tech
    Do High-Tech Promises Turn Us Into Rubes?Our brains go a little bit crazy when someone presents us with exciting new technology.
    By Jesse Singal
  25. scarcity
    What Poverty Does to Your BrainTwo researchers’ pathbreaking work, some of which took place in a Jersey shopping mall.
    By Jesse Singal
  26. psychology
    How the Internet Makes You Think You’re SmartPeople confuse searching for stuff with knowing stuff.
    By Melissa Dahl
  27. studies
    You’re Not the Only One Who Doesn’t Know Right From LeftQuick, make a surreptitious L with your thumb and forefinger.
    By Melissa Dahl
  28. decisions
    To Make Better Decisions, Pretend You’re Deciding for Someone ElseYou are not super great at giving yourself advice, it turns out. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  29. psychology
    Your Skin May Reflect Your Psychological HealthAnd vice versa. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  30. weather
    There’s an Upside to This Terrible WeatherAt least you’ll get a ton of work done?
    By Melissa Dahl
  31. dumb phones
    Seriously, Never Leave Your iPhone at Home Our tiny human brains can’t handle it.
    By Allison P. Davis
  32. marketing
    A Soda Bottle’s Shape Tricks You Into Buying ItIt’s a concept psychologists call physical fluency, and marketers are taking note. 
    By Sian Beilock
  33. Another Reason to Stop Describing Cancer With War Metaphors New evidence of their inadvertent harm. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  34. stuff
    The Psychological Case Against MaterialismWhy loving stuff will make you unhappy. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  35. psychology
    Some People Like the Voices in Their HeadsIt’s not always a negative experience. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  36. Positive Thinking Doesn’t Work; Here’s What Does“WOOP” is a science-backed strategy. Also, it’s fun to say. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  37. motivation
    How To Get People to Let You Cut Ahead in LineThe persuasive powers of the word because. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  38. personality
    Your Friends Know Whether Your Personality Will Eventually Kill YouOur closest friends see us more clearly than we see ourselves.
    By Melissa Dahl
  39. misheard lyrics
    Why You Keep Mishearing That Taylor Swift LyricExpectations are powerful.
    By Melissa Dahl
  40. cybersecurity
    Everyone Ignores Security Warnings All the TimeNo students were harmed in the researching of this study.
    By Jesse Singal
  41. psychology
    You Can Learn to See the Letter E As GreenResearch suggests that synesthesia can be taught. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  42. psychology
    We Make Our Big Life Decisions at 29, 39, and So OnThe years before beginning a brand-new decade tend to be spent in self-reflection.
    By Melissa Dahl
  43. smoking
    Rotten-Fish Smell Helps Smokers Crave Fewer CigarettesGross. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  44. work
    Just 6 Percent of Us Have the Jobs We Wanted As KidsSays a depressing new study by researchers who probably wanted to be astronauts when they grew up.
    By Melissa Dahl
  45. psychology
    A Q&A That Will Help You Make Fewer Silly MistakesLet an expert on human folly guide you to fewer bungles.
    By Jesse Singal
  46. work
    Disgusting Environments Lead to Unethical Behavior Reminders of cleanliness seem to promote cooperation. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  47. kids
    Lying to Your Kids — Even for Good Reasons — Will Turn Them Into LiarsThe road to dishonest kids is paved with good intentions.
    By Alice Robb
  48. habits
    Ice-Chewing Is Better Than Sex for People With PagophagiaA theory behind the physiological processes driving an annoying human habit. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  49. Wallowing in Sad Songs Is the Best, Science ConfirmsIt evokes a wide range of emotions, a multicultural study found.
    By Melissa Dahl
  50. psychology
    Your Belief in Free Will Depends on Whether You Need to PeeThe philosophical implications of needing to go. 
    By Melissa Dahl
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