Psychology
This Man Says the Mind Has No Depths
Nick Chater argues our brain is a storyteller, not a reporter from an inner world.
There Is No Such Thing as Unconscious Thought
A behavioral scientist unravels one of our most cherished conceptions.
Taking Another Person’s Perspective Doesn’t Help You Understand Them
To understand someone, we should not imagine their point of view but make the effort to “get” their perspective.
What a Russian Smile Means
How culture and history make American and Russian smiles different.
How Social Media Exploits Our Moral Emotions
Companies profit from the pleasure we feel in expressing righteous outrage.
How You Can Be a Less Politically Polarizing Person
Partisanship doesn’t just affect moral and perceptual judgments—even cold, quantitative reasoning can’t escape its pull.
