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February 21, 2017
Magazine
Merve Emre
The Eye of the Beholder
How Rorschach’s inkblots turned personality testing into an art.
February 17, 2017
Steven Beutler
A Medical Theory for Donald Trump’s Bizarre Behavior
Many mental health professionals believe the president is ill. But what if the cause is an untreated STD?
September 29, 2016
Frank T. McAndrew
Why Clowns Creep Us Out
A psychologist explains our cultural coulrophobia.
June 14, 2016
Emma Young
Why Are So Many of Us Over-Sensitive?
There may be a scientific explanation (and upside) to sensory issues.
January 6, 2016
Kari Leibowitz
A Small Norwegian City Might Hold the Answer to Beating Winter Blues
As temperatures drop, attitude is everything.
October 16, 2015
Elizabeth Winkler
Malcolm Gladwell Is Wrong About School Shooters
Shootings are nothing like a riot.
October 7, 2015
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Ben Carson Is Confident He'd Confront a Mass Shooter, But He Has No Clue
October 6, 2015
Ratik Asokan
J.M. Coetzee's Therapy Session
What a Nobel-winning novelist and a clinical psychologist taught each other about storytelling
August 31, 2015
Dave Cullen
The "Injustice Collectors": How to Understand Vester Flanagan’s Grievance-Filled Manifesto
August 25, 2015
John Gartner
Donald Trump and Bill Clinton Have the Same Secret Weapon
A psychologist explains the personality trait that these two ambitious, impulsive men share
June 21, 2015
Jeet Heer
Mental Illness Doesn't Negate Political Motive
Dylann Roof and the intersection of psychology and extremist ideology
February 20, 2015
Alice Robb
Don't Worry, Julianne Moore's Marriage Is Safe. The Oscar Curse Is a Myth.
February 12, 2015
Alice Robb
Will 'American Sniper''s Success Taint His Killer's Trial?
February 12, 2015
Alice Robb
Falling in Love Is Easy. Here's What to Do When You Need to Fall Out of It.
February 6, 2015
Alice Robb
A Memory Expert Explains Brian Williams's 'False' Memory
January 7, 2015
Alice Robb
Polling Is Overrated. To Predict an Election, Choose the Politician Who Gets the Most Laughs.
December 12, 2014
Alice Robb
Is the West Teaching the Developing World to Stigmatize Fat People?
December 12, 2014
Jesse Singal
A 20-Minute Chat With a Gay Person Made People Much More Supportive of Gay Marriage
December 9, 2014
Alice Robb
Can't Get a Word In? You Might Be Talking to a Psychopath
November 26, 2014
Melissa Dahl
How Much Can You Really Change After You Turn 30?
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