Some musical rhythms are built to get us bobbing, foot-tapping or dancing. Researchers show how rhythmic complexity matters ...

Other practices like sermons, yoga and retreats can also trigger ‘spiritual boredom’. Here’s why it’s normal and even useful ...

Formality: roughly, how formal and public a relationship is vs informal and private; Activeness: how close and involved vs ...

Ecstatic moves, magic moments – this animated short documentary details one basketball fan’s love of the arena’s big screen ...

Something curious happens in two people’s brains during supportive interactions. It could help explain their emotional power ...

She wasn’t ours. We knew that. We reminded ourselves of this constantly, as the days turned to weeks and then months. We had ...

Far more than an evolutionary imperative, caregiving is a gateway to our deepest humanity, and may explain our intelligence ...

As the father of twins, I could hardly feel more frazzled. But my brain age might paint a different, more youthful, picture ...

Motivation is notoriously fickle. Here’s why having more fun in the moment helps you stick with your goals for the long haul ...

Filmed for the BBC series Face to Face in 1959, this archival interview features Carl Jung surveying his life and extraordinarily influential career at the age of 84, just two years before his death.

When the thing hasn’t happened yet The difference between situations in which the outcome has or has not been determined is critical: after all, when the thing hasn’t happened yet, it could still be ...

After some three decades studying emotions, Lisa Feldman Barrett, a professor of psychology at Northeastern University in Boston, has come to the following conclusion: ‘Not everybody has as much ...