Psychology & Behaviour
Cognition, decision-making, motivation and human behaviour.
Cognitive Shortcut or Illusion? How Instant AI Responses Feed Overconfidence Bias
AI provides rapid, articulate responses that make us feel like experts. But this ease of access can breed a dangerous overconfidence. Drawing on behavioral psychology and Kahneman's cognitive bias research, we explore why our brains trust AI too easily and how to maintain healthy skepticism.
When Your Partner Believes in Conspiracies: The Hidden Toll on Relationships
A new study reveals how conspiracy theories destroy trust, communication, and identity in romantic partnerships — leaving non-believing partners anxious, isolated, and grieving the loss of someone who's still there.
How the Songs of Yesterday Keep Us Connected to Who We Used to Be
Music doesn't just remind us of the past—it actively bridges our present identity with who we were, helping us reclaim positive emotions and strengthen self-continuity across the lifespan.
The Adolescent Window: Why Early Social Seclusion Permanently Blunts Empathy
An investigation into recent neurological research revealing how a critical phase of social development in adolescence shapes the adult brain's capacity for empathy, using mammalian models to illustrate the potential for irreversible impacts from environmental deprivation.
Beyond the Paralysis: Using the Three-Minute Exercise to Master Decisions
Overcome decision-making anxiety by identifying the irrational beliefs driving your hesitation. Learn a powerful, evidence-based exercise using the ABCDE model of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy to break the cycle of overthinking.
Beyond the Mirror: How Human Behavior Shapes Artificial Intelligence
An exploration of AI as a reflection of our collective habits, highlighting that if AI is a mirror, we must address the distortions in how we behave, share, and train models through our digital footprints.
The New Intimacy: Why Gen Z Isn’t Having Less Sex—Just Different Sex
Emerging research suggests Gen Z is not having less intimacy, but rather redefining traditional sexual intercourse. This article explores how economic stress, digital dynamics, and expanding definitions of touch shape the modern sexual landscape.
Beyond the Law of Laziness: Why Humans Don't Actually Hate Effort
A new synthesis challenges the longstanding biological dogma that humans are inherently effort-averse, proposing instead that we only avoid 'wasted energy' and find meaningful effort deeply satisfying.
Why Your VR Headset Makes You Sick—And How a New Platform Is Finally Solving It
A remote research platform called VERA is scaling up cybersickness studies to uncover why some people get nauseated in VR—and how to fix it for everyone.
Step Behind the Glass: How Decentering Transforms Your Relationship to Suffering
Decentering—the ability to observe thoughts as transient events rather than truths—is the hidden variable in mental well-being. This article integrates neuroscience, mindfulness research, and clinical psychology to show how shifting your relationship to inner experience, not the content of thoughts, transforms suffering.
When Power Shifts: How Hierarchy Redefines Generosity
Explores how subtle changes in social hierarchy neurobiologically reshape our expectations for reciprocal generosity.
The Psychology of Women and Girls in STEM
Explore the psychological factors influencing women's and girls' participation, retention, and success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.