Tag: psychology

Septuplet: How Art Can Nurture Radical Urban Immersion

Embedded within our individual experience of life is the notion of consumption and presence, by which the parameters of human experience can be constructed (as much as it could be disrupted)....

Read More

The Risks of Abstraction: Orlanda Broom

With the risks of Abstract art it's a bold artist that doubles down. Orlanda Broom at Grove Square Galleries. ...

Read More

Primordial Whispers at Arusha Gallery

An epistemological exhibition on forbidden philosophies, folk knowledge and intuitive spirits via Arusha Gallery...

Read More

Brotherly Hate: The Dread Archetypes of Kane & Able

Comics and graphic novels: Is anyone pushing the edge of sequential art? ...

Read More

Women’s Talk Outed by Florida Psychologist

Tania Reynolds, Psychology, Florida State University at Tallahassee (FSU Photography Services) Tania Reynolds has written in The Journal of Experimental Psychology about the ways in which women...

Read More

Curves versus Angles

Arne Jacobsen’s St Catherine’s College Oxford, Refectory dropcap style=”font-size:100px;color:#992211;S/dropcaphould we prefer soft voluptuous curves or hard aggressive angles? It all...

Read More

Legal Weed: Do Young’uns Now Toke More, or Do More Young’uns Toke?

What impact may legalization of recreational marijuana in Oregon have on teen marijuana use?...

Read More

Your Mood Depends on the Food You Eat (and your age)

Young adults and mature adults require different food to improve their mental health...

Read More

Can Coloured Light Calm an Argument?

Blue lighting is proven to help us relax faster than white lighting after an argument ...

Read More

Want More Attentive Kids? Get Them to the Green Spaces

Living close to green spaces is associated with better attention in children ...

Read More

Psychedelic Drugs: Could they Actually LOWER Crime?

New study suggests psychedelic drugs may reduce criminal behavior ...

Read More

Mummy’s Boy/Daddy’s Girl, or the Opposite? Do Dads Favour Sons?

Do mothers favor daughters and fathers favor sons? ...

Read More

Hurricanes are Real, Even if You Deny Climate Change

Post-Irma, the desperate pseudoscience of deniers is a cacophony of crazy ...

Read More

How We Push Clever Kids to Cheat

Kids praised for being smart are more likely to cheat, new studies find ...

Read More

Gut Instinct Doesn’t Wither: Old’uns Are As Streetsmart as Da Yoof

80-year-olds as street-savvy as 18-year-olds ...

Read More

Does Expensive Wine Really Taste Better? Ask Science

When a bottle costs more, the reward center in the brain plays a trick on us...

Read More

Tune in, Turn On, Don’t die with your novel still in you.

One man's wisdom is another man's trite platitude, but who wants to spend their life guarding dust?...

Read More

Nitwit! Egghead! Twerp! Searching for the Funniest Words

Booty, booby, nitwit and hooter among the words which make us laugh most ...

Read More

How Intuitive Are You? (Whatever You Answered, You’re Probably Wrong)

People find it difficult to judge how good their intuitions are ...

Read More

Alcohol Boosts Recall (and, Usually, Regret)

Alcohol boosts recall of earlier learning ...

Read More

Get Over It! Achieving Freedom by Mastering Emotion

Between stimilus and response lies the opportunity for conscious choice...

Read More

It’s MINE!: The Inexorable Rise of Individualism

Individualistic practices and values increasing around the world ...

Read More

Escaping the Pursuit of Happiness

It is no shame to seek sanctuary from the vanity-lousy imps of the collective mind...

Read More

Spot the Fake! How Good Are You at Detecting Fake News?

People can detect a fake image of a real-world scene only 60% of the time...

Read More

How Does Money Affect Thought?

Systematic research investigates effects of money on thinking, behavior ...

Read More

Quit Dithering: Making Good Decisions Efficiently

Stop being over critical, and instead release your inner coach...

Read More

Is Anxiety Stopping You Sleeping? Are You Sure? Really? Really?

The secret connection between anxiety and sleep ...

Read More

Lines and Boundaries: The Different Ways Artists, Architects See

Artists and architects think differently compared to other people ...

Read More

Our weekly newsletter

Sign up to get updates on articles, interviews and events.