Articles Tagged with #psychology
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Personal Essays
Where Death Lies
Each year, the Japanese government expects dozens of people to die from eating ill-prepared blowfish, and yet the dish remains a delicacy.
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In the Gallery
In Her Own Skin
A longtime leader of New York’s performance art world, Martha Wilson’s photographs exist as proof of her experiments with multiple identities.
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Video
Boring Machines Disturbs Sleep
Max Richter’s latest composition, From Sleep, is eight hours long. This remix by Mogwai is your alarm.
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Video
The Downstairs Gays
Social media makes it easy to virtually tour our neighbors’ homes—and really, their entire lives. The hard part: finding the clear divide between entertainment and cyberstalking.
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Phenomena Understood
IH8YRST8
Studying drivers across the country for signs of license-plate prejudice—or, why everyone loves Vermont drivers and hates Texans.
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Personal Essays
Life Before Death
If you had to choose between the life of a loved one or the survival of a dozen other people, would you be capable of a rational decision?
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Video
Max Richter’s Eight-Hour Lullaby
Three minutes of Max Richter’s circadian-friendly From Sleep.
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Phenomena Understood
The Wayback Machine
How nostalgia works and why social media may destroy it altogether, or restore it to its original purpose.
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Investigations
Hunting the Hound
A lifelong phobia is the result of a terrifying childhood incident. But the real culprit may be Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Dimensions in Medicine
Anything but Nothing
After a lifetime of mental illness, one woman opts to try electroconvulsive therapy. She discusses her decision with her sister.
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Personal Histories
Our Imaginary Brother Only Watches PBS
How one family schemed to be the best TV-watchers in America.
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New York, New York
The Downstairs Gays
Social media makes it easy to virtually tour our neighbors’ homes—and really, their entire lives. The hard part: finding the clear divide between entertainment and cyberstalking.