Despite the weirdness of existence, most of us are able to get on with our lives and avoid debilitating feelings of…

Years ago, a friend introduced me to someone who asked what I did for a living. “I work on an online video series,” I…

The lead author of a study claiming that short conversations can dramatically alter a person’s view on same-sex…

Have you ever gazed into your dog's eyes and sensed a remarkably strong connection – almost as if that little fur ball…

Preliminary results from a study of online harassment reveal that the most popular venue for harassment, stalking and…

The placebo effect is traditionally thought to require some sort of conscious awareness. The sugar pill you just…

Psychologists have known for some time that uplifting encouragement is not always well-received by people with low self…

"Sorry" is the first word that comes out of my mouth (or keyboard) when there's a potential conflict or when I have to a…

It has always been considered an unfortunate thing that Freud's language was translated from German into Latin terms…

This article, Cary in the Sky with Diamonds, about the psychoanalytic uses of LSD among Hollywood's elite is one of the…

The shadow, said celebrated Swiss psychiatrist C.G. Jung (see my prior post on A Dangerous Method), is the unknown…

A NASA-funded study has found that there might be serious drawbacks to having a bunch of extroverts on a long space…

For many of us, topics like addiction and substance abuse seem far removed, like they affect other people and don't (or…

If there is any type of construct that is quintessentially part of the dominant American culture, it is the concept of…

You probably already know "What to Expect When You're Expecting." Maybe your female friends and relatives can't stop…