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Psychology

June 2024

  • Duncan Passmore-6

    Self and wellbeing
    When our young son died, we decided to build him a boat

  • Matthew Goode as CS Lewis and Anthony Hopkins as Sigmund Freud in Freud’s Last Session.

    Freud’s Last Session review – what-if meeting of minds with Anthony Hopkins as the master analyst

  • sad man looking out window

    The modern mind
    Trauma can leave us emotionally numb – each step towards reconnection is a win

    Diane Young
  • Samuel Burr sitting at a table, smiling and looking relaxed, with a mug of coffee on the table

    Self and wellbeing
    ‘We’ve talked for hundreds of hours’: the joy of volunteering as a telephone friend

  • Come on, feel the noise: how I unplugged my headphones and reconnected with the world

  • AI researchers build ‘future self’ chatbot to inspire wise life choices

  • Pass notes
    Pebbling: the viral romance trend that humans have stolen from penguins

  • Pass notes
    Stress bragging: why workload boasts are bad for you – and your colleagues

  • Self and wellbeing
    How learning about the science of shyness helped me

May 2024

  • Arwa Mahdawi

    Should we follow Lily Allen – and let our partner control our smartphone?

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • A man biting into a carrotman eating a carrot in his kitchen at home

    Pass notes
    The problem with the nudge effect: it can make you buy more carrots – but it can’t make you eat them

  • Illustration of a broken pot whose cracks resemble a smiling face

    The big idea
    The Big Idea: why you shouldn’t be afraid of being a mess

  • Illustration of a woman, in pink leggings, a white vest and with bare feet, bouncing off a giant speaker, with sound waves coming from it, as if it's a trampoline

    Self and wellbeing
    Music helps you get fit – but the right mix will keep you coming back…

  • Notes and queries
    Readers reply: why are bodies of water so calming?

  • The tiny rituals that bring comfort and joy in times of fear and uncertainty

    Paul Daley
  • The big idea
    The big idea: the simple trick that can sabotage your critical thinking

  • Self and wellbeing
    ‘I was 49 when I had my last drink’: Harriet Tyce

  • Notes and queries
    Why are bodies of water so calming?

  • Prof Andrea Mechelli: ‘People who live near green space are less likely to struggle with mental health issues’

  • I have taken babies from their mothers. After my son was born I feared it was my turn to be punished

    Ariane Beeston
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