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Noel Pennington/Flickr Is One of the Most Popular Psychology Experiments Worthless?
A trolley is careening toward an unsuspecting group of workers. You have the power to derail the trolley onto a track with just one worker. Do you do it? It might not matter.
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fiverlocker/Flickr When Hearing Voices Is a Good Thing
A new study suggests that schizophrenic people in more collectivist societies sometimes think their auditory hallucinations are helpful.
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Wikimedia Commons Why So Many People Care So Much About Others' Sex Lives
A new study looks at the evolutionary psychology behind ideas of sexual morality.
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Morag Riddell/Flickr How Colors Smell
“Fruity” smells red, and other associations from a new study
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Wikimedia Commons Can Creativity Be Learned?
Prevailing theories on creativity focus on methodology, or amount of practice. But new studies suggest artistic talent may be more hard-wired than we thought.
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Renatomitra/flickr The Dangers of Overestimating Music Therapy
It's comforting to believe that songs can help dementia patients recall their lost selves. But music can also harm as much as it helps, creating false memories, confusion, and distress.
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jk_too/flickr Fighting Loneliness With Cuddle Parties
As Americans report feeling more isolated, some people turn to snuggling with strangers.
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Francis Cugat/Wikimedia The Myth of Wealthy Men and Beautiful Women
Similarity and companionship are the currency of attraction, for better or worse.
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Ivan Alvarado/Reuters A Sociological History of Soccer Violence
How social and cultural rifts manifest themselves through sports—especially when fans identify intensely with their team
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sludgeulper/flickr The Joy of Exercising in Moderation
I hated exercise—until I learned you don't have to be intense about it.
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Shutterstock How Childhood Trauma Could Be Mistaken for ADHD
Some experts say the normal effects of severe adversity may be misdiagnosed as ADHD.
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Tomás Fano/flickr People Prefer Electric Shocks to Being Alone With Their Thoughts
A new study finds we're not very good at entertaining ourselves.
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Meagan Campbell In the Wilderness, Troubled Teens Get a Respite From Reality
For at-risk Alaskan students, a seven-week hiking and canoeing program offers the rare chance to experience security, a full stomach, and a positive outlook on the future.
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Bebeto Matthews/AP How Solitary Confinement Hurts the Teenage Brain
Teens isolated in prison can suffer from mental health consequences for years.
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Playing Futures: Applied Nomadology/Flickr Everyone Was an Artist in Kindergarten
Creativity is contingent on willingness to be judged. At some point, many people lose that.
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Chris Helgren/Reuters The Dark Knight of the Soul
For some, meditation has become more curse than cure. Willoughby Britton wants to know why.
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Franz Hanfstaengl/Wikimedia The Romantic Power of Music
Recent studies show that musical ability might be a sexually selected trait.
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Erich Ferdinand/flickr Study: An Intellectual Life Could Protect Against Dementia
Even for people with less education, mental activity in mid and late life gave them at least three years of protection against cognitive impairment.
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AFP/Sebastien Bozon/Getty Most People Think Alzheimer's Is a Normal Part of Aging
It's important not to think of the disease that way.
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Mike Segar/Reuters Study: People Who Overshare on Facebook Just Want to Belong
Some people find it easier to be their "true selves" online, but posting too much on Facebook doesn't get users the attention they seek.
