It's Catching

Forgiveness

The Great Breakfast Cereal Scare

Robert Bartholomew Ph.D. on December 12, 2022

Can your breakfast cereal make you sick? Yes—if you believe it can.

Can your breakfast cereal make you sick? Yes—if you believe it can.

Anxiety

Moral Panic and The Raglan Cat Killer

Robert Bartholomew Ph.D. on July 16, 2022

What is the deeper psychological significance of the Croydon and Raglan Cat Killer scares?

What is the deeper psychological significance of the Croydon and Raglan Cat Killer scares?

Anxiety

'Havana Syndrome' Sufferers Deserve Compensation

Robert Bartholomew Ph.D. on June 28, 2022

Do 'Havana Syndrome' victims deserve compensation? Yes. But not for the reason you think.

Do 'Havana Syndrome' victims deserve compensation? Yes. But not for the reason you think.

Relationships

New TikTok Challenge Highlights the Dangers of Bad Fads

Robert Bartholomew Ph.D. on March 29, 2022

Why do adolescents fall for risky fads?

Why do adolescents fall for risky fads?

Forgiveness

New Zealand Protestors in Tinfoil Hats Blame Sickness on Radiation Rays

Robert Bartholomew Ph.D. on March 1, 2022

Is the New Zealand government really targeting citizens with an energy ray? Probably not.

Is the New Zealand government really targeting citizens with an energy ray? Probably not.

Anxiety

The British Needle-Spiking Panic

Robert Bartholomew Ph.D. on February 20, 2022

Is the British wave of jabbing women with needles an urban myth?

Is the British wave of jabbing women with needles an urban myth?

Anxiety

The Real Danger 'Havana Syndrome' Poses to Society

Robert Bartholomew Ph.D. on February 3, 2022

'Havana Syndrome' is most likely an imaginary condition created by politics.

'Havana Syndrome' is most likely an imaginary condition created by politics.

Anxiety

CIA Skeptical of ‘Havana Syndrome’

Robert Bartholomew Ph.D. on January 20, 2022

CIA finds no evidence of foreign involvement in 'Havana Syndrome.'

CIA finds no evidence of foreign involvement in 'Havana Syndrome.'

Stress

An Open Letter to the U.S Congress on ‘Havana Syndrome’

Robert Bartholomew Ph.D. on November 2, 2021

Why the science of the ‘Havana Syndrome’ doesn't add up.

Why the science of the ‘Havana Syndrome’ doesn't add up.

Stress

Evidence Mounts that Mass Suggestion Caused "Havana Syndrome"

Robert Bartholomew Ph.D. on October 11, 2021

The FBI reports psychogenic illness is responsible for ‘Havana Syndrome.’

The FBI reports psychogenic illness is responsible for ‘Havana Syndrome.’

Stress

The Girls Who Caught Tourette's from TikTok

Robert Bartholomew Ph.D. on October 6, 2021

The strange case of the TikTok tics.

The strange case of the TikTok tics.

Attacks on Asian Americans have a long history.

Why monoliths continue to spring up around the world

Mass psychogenic illness and COVID-19: A cautionary tale

A new study on "Havana Syndrome" omits key information.

Anxiety

A Popular Website Is Reportedly Making People Sick

Robert Bartholomew Ph.D. on July 6, 2020

Can a website make you unwell?

Can a website make you unwell?

A country can best heal when it acknowledges past injustices.

Coronavirus Disease 2019

What’s Driving the Lockdown Protests Over COVID-19?

Robert Bartholomew Ph.D. on April 24, 2020

Epidemic unrest, as seen in the recent COVID-19 protests, is no stranger to history.

Epidemic unrest, as seen in the recent COVID-19 protests, is no stranger to history.

Fear

5G Conspiracy Theories Are Sweeping the Planet. Why?

Robert Bartholomew Ph.D. on April 9, 2020

There's no evidence linking 5G to the virus—but new technologies have a history of rousing health-related fears.

There's no evidence linking 5G to the virus—but new technologies have a history of rousing health-related fears.

Why do New Zealand's COVID-19 models vary so dramatically?