We think of tears as an overflow of emotion, but an evolutionary lens shows they’re a rational form of social signalling ...

Some people tune into bodily sensations while daydreaming, others don’t – with implications for anxiety, depression and ADHD ...

Articles, Films and practical Guides on the nature of reality, part of Psyche’s coverage of creativity and the arts.

On a walk through the Welsh countryside, I travelled through 4.6 billion years of Earth history – and you can too ...

Surveying his life, Carl Jung reflects on the collective unconscious, his clash with Freud and humanity’s uncertain future ...

The diplomatic intervention by a philosopher on a president shows the extraordinary consequences of unlikely meetings ...

Even in ancient Greece, Plato questioned whether gender norms around masculinity were good for men’s individual freedom ...

After fleeing war-torn Liberia, an outsider artist creates haunting portraits while seeking asylum in the Netherlands ...

True contact between beings,’ he wrote, ‘is established only by mute presence, by apparent non-communication, by that ...

Motivation is notoriously fickle. Here’s why having more fun in the moment helps you stick with your goals for the long haul ...

As the father of twins, I could hardly feel more frazzled. But my brain age might paint a different, more youthful, picture ...

If experience is a song, mood is the bassline. As your thoughts and sensations flow by, it’s your mood that provides the emotional undercurrent. It predisposes you to respond in certain ways to a ...