Is there anything people can do to start to restore some sanity and have actually productive conversations with people you disagree with? Yup, answer psychologists. Their advice isn’t always easy to ...

Ever wish you could be more confident, less anxious, or just better? The Atlantic's Olga Khazan spent a year experimenting with personality change so, what actually works? In this episode, we break ...

Understanding, predicting, and changing behavior is the holy grail of managers, politicians, and academics alike. I sat down with eminent social psychologist Prof Saadi Lahlou of the London School of ...

Whether you want to change your own behavior or your customers’, or encourage a loved one or employee toward change, the internet is not short of suggestions. There are a million and one articles and ...

Note: What follows is an adaptation of a previous article I wrote for the web site Science Of Relationships. Recently, I spoke with Dr. Nickola Overall (Univ. of Auckland, New Zealand) for ...

The guest on this episode of Radio Atlantic would not describe herself as “fun at parties,” but at least she knows it. “I’ve never really liked my personality,” wrote Olga Khazan in 2022, “and other ...

It’s rare that scientific journals explicitly engage philosophical conundrums, but a paper in this week’s Science magazine begins with the question: “Why do people so often make decisions that their ...

Want to actually change the mind of someone you disagree with? Stanford psychologists say you should start by asking this question. Polarization in America has made family dinners a land mine, torn ...