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psychology

Three Identical Strangers: Was the twin separation study ethical?

Mind

Three Identical Strangers: Was the twin separation study ethical?

The story of triplets who were unwitting subjects in a research study incites outrage, but the researchers were constrained by regulations we now see as wrong

Regulars

Ivan Pavlov

People in Science

Ivan Pavlov

Questions on post-its

Mind

We jump to conclusions even when it pays to wait for the facts

News

Boy attacks girl while others watch

Mind

Bystander effect: Famous psychology result could be completely wrong

News

A wallet on the floor

Humans

We are more likely to return a lost wallet if it is full of cash

News

person asleep

Health

People with narcolepsy may be more creative because of how they sleep

News

a woman with a shadow image of herself

Definition

Psychology

child being read a bedtime story with a dinosaur shadow on the wall

Mind

The Science of Storytelling is an essential guide to our own minds

Culture

Jared Diamond

Earth

Want to stop climate change? Jared Diamond says nations need therapy

Culture

people meditating

Health

Brain scans reveal magic mushroom drug enhances mindfulness meditation

Both meditation and psychedelic drugs can lead to more self-awareness and serenity. Now a study has found that combining the two seems to magnify the effect

News

Technology

Rage, tech and Miley Cyrus: What the new Black Mirror will bring

Culture

Space

High Life’s sex and black holes sci-fi intrigues without satisfying

Culture

Technology

The truth about lie detectors: They don't work and never have

Insight

Mind

Weird physical illusion makes you think objects are impossibly light

News

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