Grief’s ‘double vision’ beholds both the bereaved and dead. Recognising this duality helps explain our ability to move on ...

Unquestioned community rules on marriage, dining and even black cats often stem from our hunger to explain random events ...

Once maligned by philosophers, metaphors are a key communication tool for extending the power of literal speech ...

For a woman who never fit the mould, living on a remote island was easy. Starting over afterwards was a bigger challenge ...

In the social media age, it seems impossible not to measure ourselves against others – but we can dodge the worst pitfalls ...

We used an electric-shock dilemma to test the strength of people’s moral principles when faced with real-world complexities ...

is a lawyer and a person-centred counsellor. He completed a doctorate in law and psychology, focusing on cognitive biases in the justice system, legal professionals’ metacognitive perspectives, the ...

is an associate professor of psychology at Saint Mary’s College of California.

is a cartographer and writer living and working in Minneapolis.

A lifetime of pleasure and pain, beauty and misery, collapsed into a single scene in this sprawling animated artwork ...