Psychology

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
The Secret to Better Sex Isn’t As Steamy As You Think — Sex Researcher
Asking yourself one fun question could help boost your well-being and longevity