Psychology

Equally important but much less well known is the sixth sense: “Its job is to collect information from the muscles and joints about our movements, our posture and our position in space, and then pass that on to our central...

She’d linked to a 2016 article from the New York Times that suggested half of our friends might not really be our friends at all. That is, we might think someone is our friend, but when asked, they might not...

By some measures more than half of Americans believe at least one tale of a secret cabal influencing events. Some are more plausible than others; a few are even true. But most — from classics like the faked moon landing...

Studies have found a link between procrastination and poor health. It is associated with higher levels of stress, unhealthier lifestyles and delays in seeing a doctor about health problems. Read more.

Why Resolutions Fail Unfortunately, optimism alone won’t result in the change we want. The reality is there are a number of things about the way we make New Year’s resolutions that set us up for failure before we’ve even started....

According to Robert N Kraft, a professor of cognitive psychology at Otterbein University in Ohio, repeated viewing of familiar materials helps to fulfil our emotional needs, provide comfort, gives us a sense of control over our lives and connects us...

How much of what you think about psychology is actually wrong? In this whistle-stop tour of disproved ideas, Ben Ambridge shares nine popular ideas about psychology that have been proven wrong — and uncovers a few surprising truths about how...

When doing research for my book, The Secret Lives of Introverts, many introverts told me they struggle with overthinking. Turns out, the introvert’s overthinking is related to the level of activity in our brains.