Psychology

The evidence implicating social-media apps, the social psychologist says, is not another moral panic over technology. “Actually, this time is different,” he insists. “Here’s why.”

The Russian novelist believed that the dismal science was inescapably suffused with morality and politics.

The philosophical-counselling movement aims to apply heady, logical insights to daily life.

A conversation about grocery-store tantrums, the virtues of disappointment, and the gap between good kids and bad behavior.

Lisa Damour is helping families navigate adolescence at a moment of crisis.

Transference and the contemporary classroom.

In his new book, “Sentience,” a neuropsychologist argues that consciousness evolved to make us feel that life is worth living.

In the French theorists’ “Anti-Oedipus,” their influential polemic against organized psychoanalysis, they drew on the composer Jacques Besse’s account of a schizophrenic episode.

They’re floundering at school and in the workplace. Some conservatives blame a crisis of masculinity, but the problems—and their solutions—are far more complex.

Lessons from a centuries-long war against distraction.

Some people say their thought takes place in images, some in words. But our mental processes are more mysterious than we realize.

“Every day, for months now, I have watched you lead a pack of dogs into your laboratory, only for the dinging to commence.”

Along with their agility and power, Iga Świątek and Ons Jabeur brought to the court an openness about processing the pressures of the sport.

Psychologists have argued that affect is profoundly shaped by culture. They shouldn’t feel so confident.

There’s a general sense that it’s bad for society—which may be right. But studies offer surprisingly few easy answers.

The approach flourishes because it caters to a child’s inner life. What does it neglect?

The Olympic figure-skating champion on competing at the Beijing Games amid a doping scandal, and why Team U.S.A. members returned home with empty boxes.

Researchers are pursuing age-old questions about the nature of thoughts—and learning how to read them.

A comprehensive guide to reading into the dishes that your family and friends bring to your table.

“Patient continues to entertain the sincere delusion that apple pie served with a slice of cheese on top is delicious. . . .”