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How to Recount Your Dreams

Adults Psychology
We often wake up from a dream with a powerful urge to tell those around us about what happened. But our listeners are also liable to feel restless and bored during our narration of the dream. The issue takes us to the heart of the challenges of communication.

Why We Only Learn When We Repeat

Adults Psychology
Our education system is based on the idea that we can learn things once, and that they'll then stay in our minds throughout our lives. That's far too optimistic. Our brains are like sieves. If anything is going to remain in them, we need regular reminders of what really matters. Fascinatingly, religions always understood that.

The Dangers of the Good Child

Adults Psychology
Good children don't cause problems; they always do what others expect. They seem to be on track. But there are real problems with people who never have a chance to be a little bad.

What to Do About Being Clumsy

Adults Psychology
Being clumsy is one of the most humiliating of scenarios. We need to learn to make friends with our 'inner idiot'.

Why people think they see ghosts

Adults Psychology
Even though there is no scientific evidence that ghosts exist, you may not be crazy if you see one.

The Problem With Perfectionism

Adults Psychology
We aim for perfection without a correct idea of what perfection might demand from us. To strengthen our resolve, we need to improve our picture of what sacrifices any achievement will demand.

Who am I? A philosophical inquiry - Amy Adkins

Adults Psychology
Throughout the history of mankind, the subject of identity has sent poets to the blank page, philosophers to the agora and seekers to the oracles. These murky waters of abstract thinking are tricky to navigate, so it's probably fitting that to demonstrate the complexity, the Greek historian Plutarch used the story of a ship. Amy Adkins illuminates Plutarch's Ship of Theseus.

How Your Brain Helps You Lie To Yourself

Adults Psychology
A new study aims to find out why and how we avoid information we don't want to hear-- and how we can stop doing it.

A psychologist debunks the claim that fidget spinners help kids focus

Adults Psychology
Fidget spinners are everywhere these days. You can buy them on any street corner for a few dollars, and both kids and adults are obsessed with them. The companies that make these hot new gadgets claim they help relieve stress and anxiety and can help kids with ADHD focus. David Anderson, PhD, a clinical psychologist from the Child Mind Institute, shares his thoughts on spinners.

How do focus groups work? - Hector Lanz

Adults Psychology
Focus groups have been widely used by organizations and individuals to find out how their products and ideas will be received by an audience. From the usage of household products to a politician's popularity, almost everything can be explored with this technique. But how are focus groups put together? And how did they come about in the first place? Hector Lanz explains how focus groups work.

Can you solve the pirate riddle? - Alex Gendler

Adults Psychology
It's a good day to be a pirate. Amaro and his four mateys - Bart, Charlotte, Daniel, and Eliza have struck gold - a chest with 100 coins. But now, they must divvy up the booty according to the pirate code - and pirate code is notoriously complicated. Can you help come up with the distribution that Amaro should propose to make sure he lives to tell the tale? Alex Gendler shows how.

What Happens To Child Prodigies When They Grow Up?

Adults Psychology
Children who develop remarkable skills at an early age are often knowns at prodigies, but what happens to these kids once they grow up?

Being A Jerk May Not Be Your Fault

Adults Psychology
Laughter may be contagious, but did you know rudeness is too? Is there a way to stop bad attitudes from spreading?

Why The Popular Kids Don't Stay Cool

Adults Psychology
Some people in high school engage in risky behavior, such as drinking and smoking, in an attempt to be cool. Does this pay off long term? Join Tara as she reports on new research showing that being popular in high school might be bad in your adulthood!

The Problem with Over-Friendly People

Adults Psychology
Friendliness is a great virtue. Over-friendliness can be an unexpected problem.

Is it time to retire the police sketch?

Adults Psychology
We see police sketches in the news all the time, but do they actually work?

Why do people get so anxious about math? - Orly Rubinsten

Adults Psychology
Have you ever sat down to take a math test and immediately felt your heart beat faster and your palms start to sweat? This is called math anxiety, and if it happens to you, you're not alone: Researchers think about 20 percent of the population suffers from it. So what's going on? And can it be fixed? Orly Rubinsten explores the current research and suggests ways to increase math performance.

Why do we feel nostalgia?

Adults Psychology
Nostalgia was once considered an illness confined to specific groups of people. Today, people all over the world report experiencing and enjoying nostalgia. But how does nostalgia work? And is it healthy? Clay Routledge details the way our understanding of nostalgia has changed since the term was first coined in the late 17th century.

Should You Trust Your Gut Instinct?

Adults Psychology
Can you trust your gut feelings?

Introverts vs Extroverts

Adults Psychology
Written by Amanda Edward, Rachel Salt, Gregory Brown and Mitchell Moffit

Why Are Teens So Moody?

Adults Psychology
A look inside the teenage brain!