In praise of the not-quite-friends who make us smile psyche.co/notes-to-sel... My latest Note to Self for @psyche.co Learning about the Korean concept of ‘jeong’ helped me understand the importance of my not-quite-friends at the gym

Why some men seek refuge in ever bigger muscles. New Psyche Idea by Tom Wooldridge @psyche.co. Diagnoses of muscle dysmorphia or ‘bigorexia’ are rising. A psychoanalytic lens offers an explanation – and a healthier path psyche.co/ideas/why-so...

How to become the person you want to be. New Psyche Guide by eikekofi.bsky.social for @psyche.co Close the intention-action gap and live the way you want, using insights from the cognitive neuroscience of habits psyche.co/guides/how-t...

I wrote a magazine article going over evidence that culture is sneakily persistent in the face of modernization. 🌱 Check it out! I think some of the data will surprise people.

Christian Jarrett@christianjarrett.bsky.social · 4w ago

Does modernisation erase cultural difference – or amplify it? psyche.co/ideas/does-m... We understandably fear the flattening effect of modernity. But global data from China to Peru tells a hopeful story. By @thomastalhelm.bsky.social for @psyche.co

Does modernisation erase cultural difference – or amplify it? psyche.co/ideas/does-m... We understandably fear the flattening effect of modernity. But global data from China to Peru tells a hopeful story. By @thomastalhelm.bsky.social for @psyche.co

The thinking style that makes people vulnerable to extremism psyche.co/ideas/the-th... The people most drawn to ideological thinking and authoritarianism aren’t aware of what makes them so susceptible. New Psyche Idea by @leorzmigrod.bsky.social for @psyche.co

How to do less for your children psyche.co/guides/how-t... Being an intensive parent will make you anxious and stifle your children’s development. Help them by learning to let go. New Psyche Guide by Peter Gray @psyche.co

Why older people are happier and what we can learn from them psyche.co/ideas/why-ol... Around the world, happiness tends to peak later in life. It has more to do with balancing priorities than elderly wisdom. New Psyche Idea by Xianmin Gong & Natalie Wong @psyche.co

The capacity to be alone depends on the sense of being held psyche.co/ideas/the-ca... The overwhelm of grief and parenthood showed me what psychoanalysis assumes – we need to be held to feel safe in solitude. Psyche Idea by @elizabethdyerphd.bsky.social @psyche.co

On World Sleep Day, a great piece from our own RHUL sleep lab director on how confusion around “heritability” shapes how we think about insomnia. A good reminder of the value of clear science communication. @alice-gregory.bsky.social @jakketamminen.bsky.social psyche.co/notes-to-sel...

A common misunderstanding about genetics psyche.co/notes-to-sel... @juanjmv.bsky.social @sleep-rhul.bsky.social @rhulpsychology.bsky.social

Science, serendipity and a new era for schizophrenia treatment psyche.co/ideas/scienc... By Jeremy Hall for @psyche.co Drug treatments for schizophrenia have barely changed in 70 years, but a mix of chance and ingenuity offers fresh hope

‘We are all always coming and going’ psyche.co/portraits/st... Steve Schwartzberg’s journey from Harvard psychologist to erotic healer, Buddhist and teacher was always haunted by death. Then he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. New long-form psychological profile @psyche.co

So what if Nike’s neuro shoes are a placebo? My latest Note to Self for @psyche.co psyche.co/notes-to-sel...

Ever had someone ask "What are you thinking about?" and your honest answer was "Actually, nothing"? In this essay for @psyche.co, I explain why "mind blanking" is more than just a glitch: it’s a window into how our brains toggle between being awake and asleep. 🧠🧪💤 psyche.co/ideas/what-y...

How to use chatbots to make you smarter, not dumber psyche.co/guides/how-t...

Motivation is good, but discipline is better psyche.co/notes-to-sel... My latest Note to Self for Psyche magazine features the amazing Oleksandr Usyk. The boxing champ's recent claim that ‘discipline is better than motivation’ was psychologically astute

Wrote for @psyche.co about disinhibition – the trait that brings chaos and frustration, but can also (sometimes) spark charm and boldness. Check it out!

Christian Jarrett@christianjarrett.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The trait that makes some people so frustrating – and alluring psyche.co/ideas/the-tr... By @jananmost.bsky.social for @psyche.co Conscientiousness is constantly touted as a virtue, so what’s life like for people with the opposite trait – disinhibition?

The trait that makes some people so frustrating – and alluring psyche.co/ideas/the-tr... By @jananmost.bsky.social for @psyche.co Conscientiousness is constantly touted as a virtue, so what’s life like for people with the opposite trait – disinhibition?

Where are you on the happiness curve? psyche.co/notes-to-sel... @richardfisher.bsky.social for @psyche.co "When I came across the U-shaped happiness curve, I knew I had to act if I wanted to buck the midlife average"

You don’t need perfect features to be physically beautiful psyche.co/ideas/you-do... New Psyche Idea by professor of psychology Annett Schirmer

Hey, I wrote a thing. I (and others) think that our sense of time and mental well-being are linked. Here are my thoughts on it. Thanks @psyche.co for the invite! psyche.co/guides/how-t...

👋 Hi! Time Perception researcher here. Emotional time dilation has been studied pretty extensively with some neat findings. (I recognize OP was meant as joke but this is what I do). Check out my recent Psyche article if curious psyche.co/guides/how-t...

Find meditation really boring? You’re not the only one. By Thomas Goetz for Psyche magazine. Other practices like sermons, yoga and retreats can also trigger ‘spiritual boredom’. Here’s why it’s normal and even useful psyche.co/ideas/find-m...

Most people are terrible at task-switching, and thanks to research we have a pretty good idea why, writes @christianjarrett.bsky.social. Key factors that make switching harder include attention, memory and emotion: buff.ly/V18mekE

The iron logic of the Peter Principle is hard to escape. If you are competent at your job, you get promoted. So, it’s clear what no longer getting a promotion means… buff.ly/nyQaAHh via @christianjarrett.bsky.social

Caregivers (including parents and grandparents) have more youthful brains psyche.co/notes-to-sel... My latest Note to Self for Psyche magazine @psyche.co

Check out this cool Psyche article by @leahbanellis.bsky.social - covering our recent research into the neural and psychiatric correlates of "body-wandering", i.e., mind-wandering about the interoceptive and somatic body.

Embodied Computation Group@the-ecg.org · last yr.

Ever get distracted by your own body? We call this "body-wandering." 🧠🫀 Our latest study uncovers its neural fingerprint and the link to ADHD & depression symptoms. Awesome write-up by our own @leahbanellis.bsky.social, in Psyche Magazine! psyche.co/ideas/how-mu... #neuroscience #research #ADHD

I'm so grateful to write my first magazine article with Psyche Magazine! psyche.co/ideas/how-mu... It features our preprint on 🫁 'Body-Wandering' 🫀 with invaluable guidance from @micahgallen.com and @themindwanders.bsky.social : biorxiv.org/content/10.1...