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This new wave of AI short dramas is absurdly addictive. Understanding the psychology is the first step towards breaking the spell.
Thankfully, it’s possible to get over your ‘ick.’
Curiosity and an openness to new ideas help Ryland Grace, the movie’s protagonist, navigate new discoveries about life in the universe.
Facing your own thoughts and sensations, without trying to suppress them, is harder than it may seem. But learning to do it can boost your mental health.
For many women, a lifetime of putting others first quietly damages their health – and midlife is often when the cost finally becomes clear.
Counselling records including notes, transcripts and even audio and video files are ending up in the hands of defendants’ legal teams.
The effectiveness of IBS diets isn’t just about food – it’s also determined by how the gut and brain work together.
Feeling part of something larger than yourself may make it easier to cope with stress and uncertainty.
New research questions the “eco-anxiety” label and whether it really encompasses the complexity of the emotional, mental or physical distress young people feel over the planet’s woes.
A scholar who studies the virtues that help people sustain relationships across faiths and cultures describes what being a child during the war taught him about practicing pluralism in action.
This means less typical presentations of ADHD – such as in women and girls, quiet inattentive adults and high-achieving students – could be overlooked.
It’s not so much about older people losing their sense of humour, as about changes in how they can use and enjoy it.
Children learn what it means to be a woman or a man early on. How they respond to threats to how well they conform to gender stereotypes changes with age.
Judgements of politeness go beyond language and culture – they are also deeply tied to emotion and moral intuition.
More than 2,000 years ago, Laozi was all too familiar with the pitfalls of comparing yourself to other people’s accomplishments.
There are simple changes you can make right now.
Many philosophers have noticed the similarities between environmental damage and the puzzle of the self-torturer.
The emotional outbursts of MAGA men can seem spontaneous and even silly – but we should take them seriously, especially when they apply to war.
An early figure in the psychoanalytic movement, Jung is often written off. But his ideas of the collective unconscious and emphasis on archetype and myth resonate.
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