Psychology

At 14, Asal is excited about her engagement. Her relatives all have their own opinions

33 minutes

Learning styles don’t exist

A teaching approach that is based on students’ preferences sounds laudable. But this misunderstands how learning happens

Carl Hendrick

Disarming transphobia

‘Rapid-onset gender dysphoria’ is a popular weapon in the anti-trans arsenal. It is nothing but unscientific bunk

Quinnehtukqut McLamore

Born that way

Confident or shy, our temperament is mostly baked-in from birth. But how that influences our lives is up for grabs

Gina Mireault

Pondering the peculiar one-sided intimacy of the client-therapist relationship

3 minutes

Family passages

Each new generation learns from its elders. But familial voices now compete for influence with a chorus of urgent others

Elizabeth Svoboda

Fifty years ago, a train collided with Jack and Betty’s car. Here’s how they remember it

9 minutes

Many wisdoms

There are no transcendent insights that rise above human difference. Yet wisdom exists if we look in the right places

Avram Alpert

Social contagions can cause genuine illness, and TikTok may be a superspreader

10 minutes

Ronald grew up in a New York City library. It was as strange and wondrous as it sounds

3 minutes

An unvarnished, poetic account of a new mother’s struggle to breastfeed

3 minutes

When his elderly parents make a suicide pact, Doron struggles to accept their choice

19 minutes

The helpful delusion

Evidence is growing that mental illness is more than dysfunction, with enormous implications for treatment

Justin Garson