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Why It’s Not Enough to Just Spend More Time With Your Partner, According to a Psychologist
Many people come to therapy worried that they may not be spending enough time with their partner. They ask questions like: We know that spending time with our significant other is important. However, it is
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How to Show Your Friends You Love Them, According to a Friendship Expert
When psychologist and friendship expert Marisa Franco went through a rough breakup in 2015, she felt like she had no more love in her life. So Franco leaned on her friends for support. They did
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Empathizing With the Opposition May Make You More Politically Persuasive
Trying to understand people we disagree with can feel like a lost cause, particularly in contentious political environments. But valuing empathy across party lines can make our political arguments more persuasive.
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Are We Still Monogamous? And 6 Other Questions to Ask Your Partner.
The past two-plus years have been universally tumultuous, and couples therapists say they have been dealing with the fallout in their practices every day. Even now, when the pandemic no longer dominates daily life, many
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on how people view themselves and integrate others’ feedback, similarity reasoning in children, advice from top performers, science learning, working memory distortions, memory updating, motor coordination, and perceptions of authenticity.
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What Science Still Can’t Explain About Love
… It turns out they grapple with the same question as matchmakers, romance authors, poets, and many others. “The big mystery is — do you really know who you want?” says Dan Conroy-Beam, a University of California, Santa Barbara
