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Psychology

  1. book review
    What Their Psychiatrists Won’t Tell YouIn Rachel Aviv’s book Strangers to Ourselves, personal narratives of mental illness take primacy over institutions’.
    By Jane Hu
  2. swellness
    The Trick To Making Healthy HabitsWillpower only gets you so far.
    By Daniela Morosini
  3. the cut podcast
    The Truth About False MemoriesHow an accusation of sexual assault turned shaky science into a widely accepted truth, on this week’s episode of The Cut podcast.
    By the Cut
  4. psychology
    The Memory WarJennifer Freyd accused her father of sexual abuse. Her parents’ attempt to discredit her created a defense for countless sex offenders.
    By Katie Heaney
  5. the undoing
    Could My Exceedingly Charming Spouse Be A Secret Psychopath?And other Undoing questions answered by two therapists.
    By Courtney Shea
  6. parenting
    The Children of QuarantineWhat does a year of isolation and anxiety do to a developing brain?
    By Lisa Miller
  7. science of us
    Are You Good at Recognizing Faces?Also: What it means to be uncommonly skilled at face perception.
    By Melissa Dahl
  8. science of us
    Psychologists Explain Your Phone Anxiety (and How to Get Over It)If the thought of calling someone makes you feel all squirmy inside, you’re in good company.
    By Cari Romm
  9. science of us
    The Reason Comic Sans Is a Public GoodIt’s legible to more people.
    By Drake Baer
  10. science of us
    Apparently There Are 4 Kinds of IntroversionThere’s more than one way to be quiet.
    By Melissa Dahl
  11. science of us
    How to Stop Reliving Embarrassing MemoriesThe science and psychology of the cringe attack.
    By Melissa Dahl
  12. george floyd protests
    The Quiet Trauma of Watching Police Brutality on a ScreenA conversation with a psychologist about how violent footage can “absolutely” traumatize viewers.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  13. coronavirus
    The Theory That Explains the Politicization of the CoronavirusAs with so many other facets of American life, cultural identity plays a big role in how people view the pandemic.
    By Jesse Singal
  14. science of us
    How to Stop CryingWhen it’s not a good time.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  15. coronavirus
    Why Coronavirus Makes February Feel Like Six Months AgoWhat science has to say about how shock, novelty, and monotony affect our perception of time.
    By Jesse Singal
  16. drawing up the drawbridge
    My Mind Is a Palace Stuffed With Exquisite GarbageAnd yours can be, too.
    By Callie Beusman
  17. in comparison
    So You Didn’t Hit a MilestoneTrying to find a way past those worries.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  18. doing the most
    Have I Run Out of Ambition?And how can I get it back?
    By Katie Heaney
  19. science of us
    How to Accomplish DisappointmentOr, why satisfaction never lasts.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  20. science of us
    Oh No, People With a Sense of Purpose Are HealthierDamn them!
    By Edith Zimmerman
  21. apologies
    Why Do Some People Find It Impossible to Apologize?Joe Biden thinks he apologized to Anita Hill. Anita Hill disagrees. Why is it so hard to get this right?
    By Katie Heaney
  22. science of us
    What Kind of Person Would Join a Sex Cult?Cult expert Janja Lalich explains the draw of Keith Raniere, the leader of the sex cult known as NXIVM.
    By Katie Heaney
  23. science of us
    How to Get Out of Your Own HeadOr how to make peace with being in there.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  24. science of us
    It’s Okay to Be PurposelessFor now and probably forever.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  25. psychology
    Why Would Somebody Fake a Hate Crime?Exploring the psychology of “factitious victimization” — and how it could be a factor in the Jussie Smollett case.
    By Anna Silman
  26. the cut opinion pages
    I Think I’ve Identified Email’s Fundamental FlawWhy don’t we just tell each other when we’re expecting a reply?
    By Melissa Dahl
  27. science of us
    The Day I Discovered Heartbreak AdrenalineIt’s a real feeling if I say it is.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  28. science of us
    If You’re Sick of ‘Mindfulness,’ Might I Recommend ‘Interoception’?Wake up, interocept. Take a break, interocept.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  29. science of us
    Am I Objectively Annoying?It’s part of my emotional signature.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  30. aromatic mystery
    Why Vitamin C Serums Smell Like Hot Dogs: An InvestigationOne woman’s quest to find the truth.
    By Jessica Boddy
  31. science of us
    Why People Are So Good at Being Kind and Being CruelTogether they “make perfect sense.”
    By Edith Zimmerman
  32. science of us
    How to Let Go of Pointless Mental AnguishAaand done! Releasing the worst-case scenario “truth” I torture myself with.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  33. science of us
    Can Novels Help Us Care More About Climate Change?Even though it’s already impacting our lives, climate change is scarcely mentioned in fiction.
    By Alex Ronan
  34. science of us
    The Irreversible Horror of Being ForgottenIt hurts more than we’d like to admit.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  35. the kavanaugh hearings
    Can’t You Take a Joke?On the laughter Dr. Christine Blasey Ford can’t forget.
    By Nuar Alsadir
  36. science of us
    Why Can’t I Stop Watching These Soap-Cutting Videos?And does this count as ASMR?
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  37. science of us
    This Is the Age When Your Self-Esteem PeaksIt stays at its highest point for a full decade.
    By Cari Romm
  38. psychology
    Goats Like It When You Smile at Them, Extremely Heartwarming Study Says“Goats can distinguish between happy and angry images of the same person.”
    By Amanda Arnold
  39. science of us
    When Your Name Doesn’t Feel Like YouBelieving that your name doesn’t fit your personality can cause its own kind of constant impostor syndrome.
    By Cari Romm
  40. science of us
    8 Women on Their Earliest (and Possibly Made Up) MemoriesNearly half of people say the first thing they remember happened at an age that’s impossible for adults to recall.
    By Cari Romm
  41. science of us
    Do You Freak Out When Your Friend Picks Up the Check?You’re in good company.
    By Cari Romm
  42. science of us
    When Does Your Adult Personality Kick In?The science of those “on-brand” childhood stories taking over Twitter.
    By Cari Romm
  43. the skin we’re in
    What Your Ability to Handle Pimple-Popping Videos Says About YouIt’s fine to get excited about watching someone else squeeze some zits.
    By Cari Romm
  44. psychology
    The Personality Trait That Determines Whether You’re Good With MoneyIt’s called ‘self-efficacy.’
    By Charlotte Cowles
  45. science of us
    Here’s Your Cheat Sheet to HappinessThe most talked-about college course in America isn’t about making money or saving the world. It’s about how to be truly happy. We took it for you.
    By Adam Sternbergh
  46. science of us
    5 Ways Personality Changes in the First Year of MarriageIt’s kind of a mixed bag.
    By Cari Romm
  47. new mom
    What ‘Mommy Brain’ Really Looks LikeNo, giving birth doesn’t turn your brain to mush.
    By Katie Heaney
  48. science of us
    A Psychologist Explains Why the Vanderpump Rules Cast Is So AppealingIt’s not about the pasta.
    By Katie Heaney
  49. science of us
    I’m Obsessed With Reading Strangers’ ObituariesTaking a psychological deep dive into my own weird habit.
    By Diane Stopyra
  50. science of us
    How Scientists Invented a Test to Measure Hurt Feelings“We found social pain could be as strongly felt as physical pain.”
    By Will Storr
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