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Kaja Perina

About

I'm the Editor in Chief of Psychology Today. Prior to PT I worked at magazines large and small; defunct and very much still alive (RIP Brill's Content; not going anywhere soon: Vogue). Before that I worked briefly in wire services and even more briefly in television news. My own writing for PT is anthologized in The Best American Science Writing series.

The question I'm most frequently asked is whether I have formal training in psychology. My stock reply was once: "Only if you count years of psychotherapy." I now tell people simply, and no less honestly, that lifelong curiosity about human behavior is ample schooling. As to formal schooling, I hold degrees from Vassar College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Recent Posts
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Puzzles: The Joy of Perplex
A.J. Jacobs talks about how puzzles subvert the pattern-seeking mind and what he learned in writing his new book, The Puzzler.
A Reckoning With Anomaly and Ability

Trade-offs are everywhere, and most conditions and circumstances have some discernible upside. But my sense of those upsides has evolved.

Trade-offs are everywhere, and most conditions and circumstances have some discernible upside. But my sense of those upsides has evolved.

Reliable Signals of Character

Character is often revealed only by its absence. It is in the violation of norms or expectations that we find a person's true mettle.

Character is often revealed only by its absence. It is in the violation of norms or expectations that we find a person's true mettle.

Lust and Other Thoughtcrimes

Societal introspection decoupled from scientific understanding and open dialogue is always dangerous. Are we focusing on male/female professional dynamics—but ignoring key facts?

Societal introspection decoupled from scientific understanding and open dialogue is always dangerous. Are we focusing on male/female professional dynamics—but ignoring key facts?

Flipping the Script on Innovation

There’s endless handwringing about how soon AI and automation will gut today’s workforce. Some organizations flip the equation—and the narrative—with their focus on human labor.

There’s endless handwringing about how soon AI and automation will gut today’s workforce. Some organizations flip the equation—and the narrative—with their focus on human labor.

5 Things Psychopaths and Narcissists Will Do in Conversation

He was betrayed by a wife who took everything. He's on retainer with the NSA. Whatever the disclosure, it comes before he even knows whether or not you are trustworthy.

He was betrayed by a wife who took everything. He's on retainer with the NSA. Whatever the disclosure, it comes before he even knows whether or not you are trustworthy.

A Question Everyone's Afraid to Ask

The meta-question in psychology is now "What questions are off limits?" Increasingly, the answer is "Any inquiry that interferes with people's sense of how the world should work."

The meta-question in psychology is now "What questions are off limits?" Increasingly, the answer is "Any inquiry that interferes with people's sense of how the world should work."