A foundational 1956 study of the concept, focussed on a U.F.O. doomsday cult, has been all but debunked by new research.

Science can now explain the connection between information and consciousness. The answer is simpler—and stranger—than you ...

To solve a truly maddening problem, sometimes all you need is another person to bounce ideas back and forth with. After ...

This year, psychological scientists tackled profound and varied questions to help us better understand ourselves and the ...

Human intelligence evolved under constraint. Beliefs were tied to reasons and conclusions that carried truth claims that ...