Have you ever wondered why fast food restaurants are plastered with red and yellow? Or why hospitals favor calming blues and greens? The truth is, colors are ...

It is well established in psychology that humans conceptualize emotions by features known as valence (the degree of pleasantness or unpleasantness) and arousal (the intensity of bodily reactions, such ...

A few minutes with a chatbot may be enough to make it seem more mind-like. New research explores why humans start seeing ...

A year ago, at Christie’s auction house in New York City, auctioneers sold an unusual collection of art pieces: surreal portraits, photorealistic images and cartoon-inspired creations, all generated ...

He rejected allegations of corruption against him, asserting “there is nothing wrong with corruption”. In another interview, ...

An early figure in the psychoanalytic movement, Jung is often written off. But his ideas of the collective unconscious and emphasis on archetype and myth resonate.

Crystals have repeatedly been found at archaeological sites alongside Homo remains. Evidence shows that hominins have been collecting these stones for as long as 780,000 years. Yet, we know that our ...

Scientists and philosophers studying the mind have discovered how little we know about our inner experiences What was I thinking? This is not as easy or straightforward a question as I would have ...

Scientists in China have performed an experiment first proposed by Albert Einstein almost a century ago when he sought to disprove the quantum mechanical principle of complementarity put forth by ...

In 1973, psychologist David Rosenhan conducted an unusual experiment to test the validity of psychiatric diagnoses. (Jack Rosenhan) The “Rosenhan Experiment” is one of the most influential psychology ...

WordPress’s experimental AI development tool, Telex, has already been put to real-world use, only months after its September debut. At the company’s annual “State of the Word” event on Tuesday in San ...

From levitating magnets to mind-bending psychology studies, these ten experiments reveal just how surprising - and mysterious - our world can be. Each one challenges what we think we know about ...