The setup is simple. One partner points out a bird to the other — or in a common variation, recounts a fake bird encounter from earlier in the day — and awaits a response. A partner who responds with ...

A mix of technology and politics has given an unprecedented boost to once-fringe ideas—but they are pretty much the same ...

Creativity, our innate ability to generate new, diverse, and pertinent ideas, is universally recognized as a factor crucial ...

1 School of Teacher Education, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China 2 School of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Zaozhuang University, Zaozhuang, Shandong, China Enhancing socio-cultural ...

For decades the world believed that creativity lived in the right brain and logic in the left But modern neuroscience tells a very different story This film breaks down the origins of the myth and the ...

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Red nail theory has turned into a religion on social media as of late. Creators are buzzing about how rocking red manis almost magically turns heads and gets the guys' attention. It's almost like a ...

What is the “nose ring theory”? The “nose ring theory,” or “septum theory,” refers to the unfounded notion that people with septum piercings are marked by trauma and suffer from “mental illness.” The ...

The backdrop of Japan’s rich cultural traditions, modern innovations, and unique social norms will help you learn more about how cultural contexts shape psychological processes. Whether it’s ...

A five-year study dispels the stereotype of conspiracy theorists as angry loners or keyboard warriors. Rather, social and emotional connections provided by conspiracy theorists are recruiting diverse ...

Pop culture didn’t create the real-world mythologies roiling our politics, but it helped write the scripts. By James Poniewozik James Poniewozik, the chief television critic for The New York Times, ...