Group singing has been scientifically proven to lower stress, relieve anxiety, and elevate endorphins
Psychology
Plastic Surgery Doesn’t Work — but Neither Does Our Standard of Beauty
Face-lifts may make recipients look slightly younger, but not more attractive. That doesn’t mean people should stop getting them
Superstar Sports Players More Likely to Cheat
As the second MLB doping scandal shows, there are not enough disincentives to play clean in the first place
Viewpoint: We Need to Learn More About Young Men Like the Boston Bomber, Not Less
To boycott Rolling Stone‘s cover story is to say that we are unwilling, as a society, to cope with difficult questions.
It’s Not Just Sexism, Women Do Suffer More From Mental Illness
Why do mainstream mental health professionals give so little attention to the question of gender differences?
We Are All Climate Change Deniers
Almost all of us minimize or normalize our enormous global problems
We Still Need Information Stored in Our Heads Not ‘in the Cloud’
Computer are great for information that won’t change, but a brain is better at connecting facts with other facts and acquiring layers of meaning
8 New Ways of Looking at Intelligence
Our brains can be strengthened (and weakened) in many more ways than we ever thought.
Viewpoint: Stop Critiquing the DSM 5
The manual still has merit—but the APA needs to do a better job explaining how DSM 5 captures key facts about human suffering.
How to Perform in a Clutch
In a vulnerable moment, it helps to reaffirm your personal values
Learning From Mistakes Is Harder Than We Think
We cling to our misconceptions more than we’d like to admit
How Powerful People Think
New research shows that power is a mindset that can be cultivated
How to Stimulate Curiosity
Three practical ways to use information gaps to stimulate curiosity and promote learning