Why has the ‘learning styles’ theory persisted without any evidence? And what do we actually know about how we learn?

In my therapy office, I’ve found that to live with greater purpose, we must think differently about where it comes from ...

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Many of us crave trivial details while ignoring much of the world around us. Research helps explain this selective curiosity We are curious creatures. Not (just) strange, but eager for knowledge. We ...

Personal stories have the power to connect, entertain, persuade. Use a pro storyteller’s tips to pick and prepare a great one Aspects of opera can seem strange. But give it a try and you’ll soon find ...

Nick Kabrel is a doctoral researcher at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. His research focuses on psychology and human-centred AI. His articles have also appeared on Psychology Today, Training ...

For many who are chronically connected, a break from tech sounds appealing. Research is uncovering when and how it helps ...

I’d always been interested in the stories my parents and grandparents told about their lives in Iraq, which seemed so impossibly distant from my childhood in 1970s London. It was only when I became a ...

On a beautiful day in early summer, four friends and I decided to picnic and paint in the park. We brought along small squares of watercolour paper split into quadrants, sat in a circle, and took ...

is an English teacher who’s interested in the stories people tell themselves and what those reveal. After years of exploring different kinds of therapy, she found an unlikely source of insight in an ...

My 10-year-old is a kamikaze, swift and shrieking and inexorable as she flies down the stairs and into my father’s legs. ‘Oof!’ he says, stumbling back slightly. My mom follows him, shaking her head, ...