For many who are chronically connected, a break from tech sounds appealing. Research is uncovering when and how it helps ...

Everyone has a body, and all bodies can dance. Most of us have an urge to move, too. Are you curious about learning to dance, but find it a daunting prospect? Or perhaps you’ve danced in the past and ...

is an English teacher who’s interested in the stories people tell themselves and what those reveal. After years of exploring different kinds of therapy, she found an unlikely source of insight in an ...

In my therapy office, I’ve found that to live with greater purpose, we must think differently about where it comes from ...

Why has the ‘learning styles’ theory persisted without any evidence? And what do we actually know about how we learn?

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On a beautiful day in early summer, four friends and I decided to picnic and paint in the park. We brought along small squares of watercolour paper split into quadrants, sat in a circle, and took ...

My 10-year-old is a kamikaze, swift and shrieking and inexorable as she flies down the stairs and into my father’s legs. ‘Oof!’ he says, stumbling back slightly. My mom follows him, shaking her head, ...

Nick Kabrel is a doctoral researcher at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. His research focuses on psychology and human-centred AI. His articles have also appeared on Psychology Today, Training ...

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To be liked by others is often treated as a paramount aim. The quest for social approval begins in childhood, and it continues in a range of ways throughout the lifespan as people try to find their ...

Many of us crave trivial details while ignoring much of the world around us. Research helps explain this selective curiosity We are curious creatures. Not (just) strange, but eager for knowledge. We ...