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Psychology
January 6, 2014
Alice Robb
Feeling Anxious? Tell Yourself to Be Excited—It's the Best Way to Calm Down
December 20, 2013
Alice Robb
Surprising Academic Data on What Happens When Kids Learn the Truth About Santa
December 16, 2013
Alice Robb
Experts Agree: Don't Try Too Hard
December 11, 2013
Alice Robb
Be Wary of Studies That Claim Men and Women's Brains Are Wired Differently
December 9, 2013
Alice Robb
Psychoanalyst on Bill Clinton's Doodles: "He Looks Like He's Crying Out for Help"
November 29, 2013
Alice Robb
What 'Mob Mentality' Can Teach Us About Black Friday
November 20, 2013
Alice Robb
A Majority of Americans Believe in JFK Conspiracy Theories. Who Are They?
November 19, 2013
Alice Robb
Do You Really Remember Where You Were When JFK Was Shot?
November 5, 2013
Meredith Turits
Therapy: The Cause of, and Solution to, All of Writers' Problems
September 3, 2013
Elizabeth Weil
American Schools Are Failing Nonconformist Kids. Here’s How
In defense of the wild child
August 11, 2013
Charles Bethea
Academic Journal: Does Your Period Affect Your Politics?
The long history of sexist pseudo-science grows a little longer
June 10, 2013
Noam Scheiber
Why'd He Do It?
To understand Edward Snowden's motivations, look to Aaron Swartz
May 13, 2013
Judith Shulevitz
The Lethality of Loneliness
We now know how it can ravage our body and brain
March 22, 2013
Adam Plunkett
The Science of the Science of Happiness
March 13, 2013
Alexander Nazaryan
The Stress Bubble
How we inflated the idea of anxiety
February 22, 2013
Meehan Crist
Rats Who Giggle
The new world of animal cognition
October 6, 1952
W.H. Auden
W.H. Auden’s Cheeky Tribute to Sigmund Freud
October 6, 1952
W.H. Auden
Sigmund Freud
February 15, 1943
Jacques Barzun
William James as Artist
October 26, 1921
MagazineH.L. Mencken
The Motive of the Critic
It is simply a desire for self-expression, a thirst to function more broadly and brilliantly than the general, obscure in origin but irresistible in force.

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