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Philosophy

Philosophy with children

Teaching and learning

Childhood and adolescence

Thinkers and theories

With charisma to spare

History of ideas

Psychology

Ebb tide

Technology and the self

Ageing and death

Education

Society

Education, unchained

Neuroscience

This is your brain on Pokémon

Family life

Kid culture

I was homeschooled for eight years: here’s what I recommend

Cognition and intelligence

Talent, you’re born with. Creativity, you can grow yourself

Musical traumas

Music

Summerhill

Animals and humans

The lady and the owl

Love and friendship

Mood and emotion

Trigger warnings don’t help people cope with distressing material

Language and linguistics

Philosophy of science

Science is deeply imaginative: why is this treated as a secret?

History of science

The value of shame

Ethics

Why streaming kids according to ability is a terrible idea

Philosophy of mind

Thinking on your feet

Global history

Bombay nights

The growth mindset problem

Self-improvement

Learning another language should be compulsory in every school

Philosophy of language

A view from the window

Look up from your screen

Stories and literature

Culture

In the gap between writer and reader the novel comes to life

How brain stimulation can boost memory if paired with learning

How New York’s wealthy parents try to raise ‘unentitled’ kids

Economics

Essays and videos offering insights into the self, relationships, cognition and neuroscience

Psychology Essays from Aeon. World-leading psychologists, neuroscientists and science writers explore topics from personality to neurodiversity, consciousness and altered states to mental health, identity and more.
