Have you ever found yourself walking down a busy city sidewalk, so overwhelmed and overstimulated by all the signs, sounds, and cars that...

Minnesota-based singer-songwriter, rapper, and essayist Dessa is famous—to the extent she is famous—for her gorgeous, aching breakup song...

(Picture credit: Carnegie Mellon University) Science has well established that a person’s ability to perform a task is affected by what o...

When you were in high school or college, what did your parents think of the music you loved? While there are exceptions, statistically sp...

It’s estimated that some 40 million American adults have an anxiety disorder, and the condition is also rising among children and teens, w...

Fire: these days, starting one is as easy as flicking the switch on a gas stove. But if you’ve ever been on a camping trip, you know firs...

Do you have an addictive personality? No. No, you don’t. How can we be so certain? Well, as it turns out that technically speaking, there...

Got an important decision to make? If you’re feeling hungry, new research suggests you should probably have a snack or a meal before you ...

How good are you at reflective thinking? If you’re a narcissist, your answer is probably something on the order of “stupendous, just asto...

Guns and mental illness: it’s a topic that frequently surfaces, in the wake of each mass shooting in the U.S. The problem, say some polit...

Where does extremist violence come from? In the wake of yet another American shooting by a white nationalist, this question is more press...

Warning: it can cause symptoms similar to brain trauma, including increased impulsivity, decreased awareness of risk, and, perhaps most a...

Although “yellow journalism” is probably as old as journalism itself (the term itself dates back to the Pulitzer vs Hearst circulation wa...

If you’ve ever read a psychology textbook, you’re probably familiar with the tragic and infuriating story of Kitty Genovese, a 28-year-ol...

Let’s take a moment to appreciate the father figures in our lives—and in the lives of mammals, evolutionarily speaking. Having a huge bra...

Are you the same “you” that you were twenty years ago? Thirty? Forty? What about fifty years ago? While science still struggles to quanti...

Last week, we talked about a study suggesting that listening to a Bach sonata boosts the effectiveness of a painkiller. Today, it’s more ...

When we say that listening to the right song makes us feel better, usually we mean it in terms of emotions. However, a new study from the...

Happiness: it’s something we all want, and in one way or another, most of us spend our lives attempting to pursue it. Multiple industries...

While there is no one fool-proof diet guaranteed to guard against age-related cognitive decline, a series of recent studies have found a ...