psyche3hOpinion
The loss remains, so why does intense grief usually fade?
Grief’s ‘double vision’ beholds both the bereaved and dead. Recognising this duality helps explain our ability to move on ...
psyche1dOpinion
Cultural taboos arise from a basic feature of the human mind
Unquestioned community rules on marriage, dining and even black cats often stem from our hunger to explain random events ...
psyche5dOpinion
Social comparison is driving us to despair. It doesn’t have to
In the social media age, it seems impossible not to measure ourselves against others – but we can dodge the worst pitfalls ...
psyche4d
For Lucy, surviving on a remote island was hard, but returning was harder
Psyche is a digital magazine from Aeon Media that illuminates the human condition through psychology, philosophy and the arts.
psyche7d
What makes a map ‘good’? On the ethics of cartography
is a cartographer and writer living and working in Minneapolis.
psyche8d
Let me open a treasure chest to explain how metaphor works
is a PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.
psyche14d
What a real-life ‘trolley problem’ reveals about morality
is a senior postdoctoral fellow associated with Ghent University in Belgium. His work has been published in Psychological Science and the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General and elsewhere. He ...
psyche11d
Cacophony flanked by the abyss – one artist’s take on life itself
A lifetime of pleasure and pain, beauty and misery, collapsed into a single scene in this sprawling animated artwork ...
psyche12d
Relationships are important, but so is feeling free to end them
is an associate professor of behavioural science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, US.