Sometimes the most meaningful conversations come at surprising times: with someone you meet on a train and never see again, with a friend of a friend who you’ve only just met. Conversely, conversations with our closest friends and family can often be difficult, and we sometimes fail to share our deepest thoughts and feelings with those we love the most.

By Emma Young. Exploiting the “maybe favour” effect could have big implications for society.

We’re all aware of the financial disparity that plagues our economic systems. Many of those at the top of large corporations seem content to exploit large groups of people for their own significant financial gain.

People benefit from deep and meaningful conversations that help us forge connections with one another, but we often stick to small talk with strangers because we underestimate how much others are interested in our lives and wrongly believe that deeper conversations will be more awkward and less enjoyable than they actually are, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

French photographer Mathias de Lattre's project "Mother's Therapy" examines the relationship between mental illness and psychedelic therapies.

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Do you have an anti-fat bias? Suppose you are shown a picture of two new coworkers, one thin and one overweight or obese: What judgments might you make about these two coworkers based on their body weight and body size? For instance, would they appear to you equally competent (i.e. dominant, skillful, intelligent, efficient) and warm (i.e. friendly, trustworthy, kind, helpful, sincere)?

New research confirms that people lend greater credence to sources of information confirming what they already believe to be true -- or at least what they hope to be true.

Why work if you don’t have to? The truth is, when someone is rewarded without working for it, they lose something very special.

Snake oil, rich in omega-3 fatty acids, was a go-to medicine for many ailments.

More than ever, workers want to work fewer hours, saying they can be just as effective in less time – and happier, too. They may be on to something.

On a sweltering summer afternoon almost a decade ago, Meenu Tewari was visiting a weaving company in Surat in western India. Tewari, an urban planner, frequently makes such visits to understand how manufacturing companies operate. On that day, though, her tour of the factory floor left her puzzled.

Deathbed regrets from vaccine resisters speak volumes about the brokenness of conservatism

We all have times when we feel that we’ve failed — but it’s how we respond to it that really matters. Here are five findings that could help you cope with failure...

Sometimes thinking is a bad idea. Ian Leslie draws on Dylan, Djokovic and academic research to put the case for unthinking

In one experiment, just telling a man he would be observed by a female was enough to hurt his psychological performance.

New research provides evidence that people from higher social classes are worse at understanding the minds of others compared to those from lower social classes. The study has been published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

One study found that sitting in a discussion section on the ethics of meat led students to lower their meat consumption.

The National Park Service has warned against sacrificing slower friends in a bear attack ‘even if the friendship has run its course’