The Mysteries of Love

Insights into the psychology of love

Berit Brogaard D.M.Sci., Ph.D

What Prevents You From Healing From a Loss

What prevents us from healing from grief? A new study sheds light on this question.

Psychopathy and the Mask of Sanity

In ˆˆThe Mask of Sanity, Cleckley famously distinguished between pathological and successful psychopaths. New research examines psychopathic traits in light of this distinction.

What Do Heroes and Psychopaths Have in Common?

Heroes and psychopaths have repeatedly been described in the psychopathy literature as sharing key psychopathic traits. What evidence could there be for this comparison?

5 Reasons People Emotionally Abuse Others

Emotional abusers use hurtful words and manipulative behaviors to tilt the power balance in a relationship to their advantage.

Respect (or the Lack Thereof) in Relationships

Respect is essential to healthy relationships. But it takes multiple kinds of respect to prevent a relationship from going sour—or worse.

How Abusers Exploit Conversational Conventions to Control Others

Abusers sometimes exploit common violations of conversational norms and cooperative principles to retain or regain power in their relationships.

How the Pandemic May Have Distorted Our Sense of Time's Passing

Looking back at the pandemic, does it feel like time has passed more slowly than normal? Five new studies explain how our experience of time has been distorted.

The 4 Main Reasons Why People Cheat on Their Partners

Surveys suggest that more than 60 percent of us have cheated on our long-term partner at least once. Why are so many of us unfaithful?

Why Don’t We Avoid Abusive Love Like the Plague?

Abusive love is coupled with a brain chemistry similar to that of people addicted to cocaine.

Your Love Is Destroying You, but You're Unable to Leave

Even after years of battery, she put him on a pedestal, emphasizing how brilliant and fascinating he was, convinced in her naivete that he was her "soul mate."

The 4 Faces of Narcissism

New research validates a new narcissism construct that is associated with an inflated sense of the ingroup's contributions to society and aggression toward outgroups.

New Study Investigates Dark Triad Traits and Link to Promiscuity

How the dark triad traits are linked to promiscuity remains poorly understood. New research suggests a potential mechanism.

Has Overparenting Hurt Your Ability to Love?

New research explores how overparenting may disrupt the ability to form and maintain healthy relationships.

The Rationality of Love

Love is irrational when it does not fit the qualities of the beloved that fueled the love.

How to Tackle a Jealous Partner or Envious Friend

It is hard enough to deal with our own envy and jealousy issues. But what to do when a partner, friend, or relative consistently responds to you with fits of envy or jealousy?

How to Manage Envy and Jealousy in Your Relationships

When blown out of proportion, envy and jealousy can be destructive. Read on about what to do when the green-eyed monster and its cousin threaten to crush you or your relationship.

What's the Difference Between Envy and Jealousy?

Jealousy seems akin to envy. Both attribute responsibility to their target. But jealousy has much greater odds of being rational.

6 Tips for How to Manage Anger in Your Relationships

Doing regular relationship audits can help diffuse conflicts. Find out how to recognize anger issues in relationships and manage them before it's too late.

Relationship Audit: Consult Your Hostile Emotions

Doing regular relationship audits can contribute to greater relationship satisfaction. Begin your audit by taking a hard look at your hostile emotions.

Narcissistic Strategies for Attaining Power in Relationships

Narcissists have a need for having power over their romantic partners. Which strategies they use to attain power and massage their self-image depends on narcissistic subtype.

The Top 10 Single Mom Myths of All Time

Most of the myths that have fueled people's unconscious biases about single mothers continue to thrive on the internet. Let's separate fact from fiction, shall we?

How to Deal With Verbal Abuse

The only surefire way to end verbal abuse is to permanently remove yourself from your abuser. If that’s not an option, here are four steps you can take to lessen its harmful effects.

Why Many Men May Be Faking Orgasms

That women can feign orgasms is to some extent common knowledge. Less known is the fact that men fake it too.

"I Am in Love with Trains"

Some people are romantically or sexually attracted to objects like swords, trains, bridges, or walls. Here is why treating this condition as a fetish misses the point.

Beware of These 10 Sexist Fallacies

Beware of these 10 types of flawed reasoning, which sexists may flaunt in their attempt to justify gender inequality.

The Emotional Toll of Living With a Borderline Individual

The emotional instability of borderline individuals can take an emotional toll on their loved ones.

5 Kinds of Ambivalence That May Explain Why You Are Stuck

These five forms of ambivalence can stymie you and cause you to miss out. Here is how.

Breakup Phobia: Why We Stay in Toxic Relationships

Fearful-avoidant and anxious-preoccupied individuals are both prone to cling to highly unsatisfying and dysfunctional relationships. Here is why.

What Makes Tinder Users Tick?

Does Tinder draw out the worst in us by offering easy access to millions of dating options, or is it attracting the worst segment of the dating population?

4 Signs That a Boss Has a Passive-Aggressive Leadership Style

A passive-aggressive leadership style can negatively impact employee behavior and morale, and other reliable predictors of success. Here is how to identify it.

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