Professor Answers Neurodiversity Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
Adults PsychologyProfessor Matt Lerner, PhD joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about neurodiversity. What are some signs of autism?
Confirmation Bias And Building The Whole Picture
Youth PsychologyExplore how your mindset shapes the information you find and learn what to do about it.
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Adults PsychologyWhat does it mean to build a moral life rooted in love? Philosopher Meghan Sullivan explores the concept of a "love ethic," a framework that calls us to extend the same compassion and concern we show loved ones to strangers.
Sam Harris: Breaking the thought trap of anger
Adults Psychology"You can't possibly exaggerate how much better it is to live in a peaceful, orderly society, and to be wealthy, and healthy, and surrounded by people who you love and who love you, and to be surrounded by increasingly happy strangers who just want to cooperate with you."
Why The Frequency Illusion Is Everywhere Now
Adults PsychologyThis is a story about attention, memory, and headless goat hockey, which is a totally real sport played on horseback with a goat carcass standing in for a ball.
Big Moon?
Youth PsychologyDespite appearances, the Moon remains the same size, and your brain is simply playing tricks on you.
Explaining Compassion
Kids PsychologyWhat does compassion really mean? Kids News contributor Sabrina Erin interviewed Dr. Bassam Khoury, a clinical psychologist, to find out more.
What Is ADHD?
Kids PsychologyShort animation explains ADHD through the eyes of amazing ADHD'er Molly aimed at school children to help them understand the condition.
Do You Talk to Yourself? Here’s How to Harness Your Inner Voice | Ethan Kross | TED
Adults PsychologyYour inner voice is a powerful tool for self-reflection and planning, but it can also trap you in negative thought loops — “chatter,” as psychologist and neuroscientist Ethan Kross calls it.
Can you "see" images in your mind? Some people can't - Adam Zeman
Adults PsychologyWhen reading "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," most readers visualize the queen’s croquet game play out in their heads.
The four questions that can help your mind heal | Byron Katie
Adults Psychology“I saw that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, and when I didn’t believe them, I didn’t suffer.”
The Free Will Illusion
Adults PsychologyYou feel like you are free. Free to cross the street when you want to, free to like the color blue more than red, free to watch this video.
How some friendships last — and others don’t - Iseult Gillespie
Adults PsychologyExplore how to build healthy habits when it comes to making, growing, and maintaining friendships.
Science is shattering our intuitions about consciousness | Annaka Harris
Adults PsychologyConsciousness is everything we know, everything we experience. The mystery at the heart of consciousness lies in why our universe – despite teeming with non-conscious matter – is configured in a way where it's having a felt experience from the inside.
How to make your stress work for you - Shannon Odell
Adults PsychologyDig into what causes your stress response to be triggered, and how you can best train your mind and body to deal with stress.
On These Questions, Smarter People Do Worse
Adults PsychologyBeing better at math can make you worse at math problems, and it’s completely rational.
Can An AI Chatbot Really Be Your Friend?
Youth PsychologyIs it possible to have a healthy friendship with an AI chatbot? CBC Kids News contributor Mela Pietropaolo spoke to two experts to find out more.
Let go of labels. Transform your life.
Adults PsychologyDon’t call yourself “a writer,” just write. Ryan Holiday on how the labels you give yourself can hold you back.
Video Games Are Good For Your Brain
Adults Psychologyft-brained"? Is a human brain not fully developed until a person hits 25 years old? Did my parents waste a bunch of money buying Mozart CDs to make me smarter as a baby?
Networking Doesn’t Have to Feel Gross | Daniel Hallak | TED
Adults PsychologyNetworking doesn’t always have to feel like a self-serving transaction, says executive coach Daniel Hallak.