Psychology Today

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” FDR once famously declared. But was he right?

A good metaphor is worth a thousand explanations.

We fancy ourselves rational and independent, eager to learn and adapt. But are we?

Can therapy rewire your brain? Can brain differences predict therapy outcomes? Can brain differences diagnose psychological disorders?

What might rappers, gender studies academics, and abusive parents have in common?

What explains our ability to suspend our moral principles and inflict cruelty on others, in clear violation of the moral principles we claim to espouse?

If you don’t hear much about propaganda, that’s what you’re hearing.

You don’t need to be a psychologist or a committed politico to recognize that Donald Trump makes for a fascinating psychological case study.

Why would anyone experience pain and humiliation as sexually arousing? No longer defined as a psychological disorder, sexual masochism still puzzles psychologists.

In love and sex, character is destiny; research points to a significant predictive association between the big five personality traits and romantic life.

Instead of asking what politicians’ behavior reveals about them, we may ask what it reveals about ourselves.

Sex education should focus on what sex is about in our time: Connection, pleasure, and (planned) parenthood.

The common explanation that ‘rape is not about sex’ is long on ideology, but short on accuracy.

Abstaining from sex is promoted as the way to avoid sex-related risk. Yet, abstaining from driving is not promoted as the way to avoid driving-related risks. Why the difference?