psychology

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The steep psychological price we pay for social media

Matt Silverman— June 25

Here’s how Uber and Lyft psychologically manipulate their drivers

Christina Bonnington— April 3

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IBM’s Watson analyzed all the ‘Harry Potter’ books and movies

Christine Friar— March 23

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The 5 best TED Talks to break you out of your February slump

Amrita Khalid— February 24

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This depressing study shows how few of your Facebook friends care about you

Josh Katzowitz— January 26

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Political humor can be deeply persuasive—but there’s a catch

Cynthia McKelvey— December 29

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Breaking down the psychology, history, and art of the oft-maligned listicle

Cynthia McKelvey— December 17

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What being ‘Facebook official’ says about your relationship

Cynthia McKelvey— December 17

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The truth behind why so many studies you see on Facebook are ‘proven wrong’

Miri Mogilevsky— September 2

Phrenology

Researchers couldn’t reproduce more than half of 100 psychology studies

Cynthia McKelvey— August 28

Clinical psychologist’s TED Talk reminds us of the inspirational power of superheroes

Lisa Granshaw— July 22

It’s time to ban the word ‘crazy’ from your vocabulary

May 29

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The 5 best crime webseries on YouTube

Tom Harrington— January 31

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‘Psych of a Psycho’ diagnoses our favorite Hollywood villains

Tom Harrington— January 21

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Inside the Arkham Sessions, a podcast that psychoanalyses ‘Batman’

Lisa Granshaw— January 7

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Everything wrong with the new Google Glass addiction claims

Taylor Hatmaker— October 15

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Facebook’s new research guidelines still lack any mention of ethics

Rob Price— October 3

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6 ways to have a better conversation about mental illness

Miri Mogilevsky— August 25

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