Tagged: Psychology

While comic-book heroes exhibit a whole slew of superpowers, they also run the gamut of psychological disorders. We speak with a superhero-therapist about the inner lives of superheroes, and super-fans.

For clients worried about heirs spending wisely, or lottery winners suffering from Sudden Wealth Syndrome, banks and brokerage firms offer multi-millionaires a special kind of therapy: wealth counseling.

A new study out of UCLA suggests that when people wield a gun, they don't just feel bigger and stronger — it makes others think they are bigger and stronger.

Posting on Facebook is an easy way to connect with people, but it also can be a means to alienate them. That can be particularly troublesome for those with low self-esteem.

People with poor self-image tend to view the glass as half empty. They complain a bit more than everyone else, and they often share their negative views and feelings when face to face with friends and acquaintances.

Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, wondered whether those behavior patterns would hold true online. They published their findings in the journal Psychological Science.

This campaign season, inconsistency seems to be, well, almost everywhere. Each flip-flopping politician revels in pointing out the flip-flopping ways of his opponents.

Why are politicians and those of us who vote for them so obsessed with inconsistency? We take that question on from three angles: how our brains are wired; the psychology of judging what's consistent; and how consistency plays out in leadership styles.

Jon Hamilton: Why Our Brains Hate A Flip-Flopper

The problem with flip-floppers is that they are, by definition, inconsistent. They're unpredictable.

And our brains don't like that, says David Linden, a professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins.

A new book digs into the science behind incredible acts of bravery and courage.

A Professor of Psychiatry bucks the popular idea that every aspect of the human condition has its roots in our survival as a species.

We speak with professor of psychology at Tufts University Sam Sommers on his new book, Situations Matter: Understanding How Context Transforms Your World.

The other drug war South of the Border. And why Americans want to give to those with more, not less.