Social scientists have long documented the ‘warm glow’ of altruism, a good feeling that comes from doing a good deed. But ...

We must escape the psychological trap where grave warnings about existential threats trigger ever more destructive behaviour ...

Through tango, I sharpened attentional skills that make any moment richer. But these can be honed on or off the dancefloor ...

Mental health awareness may be having unintended consequences – the conversation needs to shift from vibes to precision ...

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The problems of our time are too complex for heroes to swoop in and simply erase. Our movies should reflect that reality ...

A mediation on what we can discover about ourselves and the world if we truly wander aimlessly, free from distractions ...

Immerse yourself in nostalgia with this filmmaker’s lyrical elegy for the house his family called home for 30 years ...

Steve Minton is associate professor of applied and clinical psychology at the University of Plymouth, England.

Sixteen years ago, in the far north of Norway, just past a bus stop in the town of Alta and down a series of ramps to the edge of a fjord, I found one of the world’s finest displays of rock art. I’d ...

Chrysanthi Blithikioti is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of General Psychology at the University of Padova in Italy, specialising in psychology and neuroscience. Her work focuses on ...

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