The contemporary obsession with feeling good might mean we’re losing sight of what makes life genuinely meaningful ...

Formality: roughly, how formal and public a relationship is vs informal and private; Exchange: how much it involves trading ...

Ecstatic moves, magic moments – this animated short documentary details one basketball fan’s love of the arena’s big screen ...

Articles, Films and practical Guides on sacred places, part of Psyche’s coverage of spirituality and transcendence.

Something curious happens in two people’s brains during supportive interactions. It could help explain their emotional power ...

She wasn’t ours. We knew that. We reminded ourselves of this constantly, as the days turned to weeks and then months. We had ...

Far more than an evolutionary imperative, caregiving is a gateway to our deepest humanity, and may explain our intelligence ...

Koenig is already a curious character for anyone interested in psychology. He has Urbach-Wiethe disease, which has calcified his right amygdala – apparently rendering him incapable of feeling fear (a ...

Social media is full of images of people plunging into freezing lakes and icy baths, with influencers touting the benefits of cold exposure in one form or another. You may have been wondering what ...