Psychology

High school teachers are bringing ice cream into the lab.

The universal grip of Stephen King’s personal terrors.

The science of the wandering mind.

This month’s Ingenious, Stephen T. Asma, on what haunts us.

Our brains are compelled by category violations.

We think we know more than we do—including how machines will behave.

As our environment crumbles, we seek solace in animatronic moose.

It turns out “willpower” is not a valid psychological construct.

Growing meat cell by cell is better for your wallet and the world.