Psychology In 10 Minutes

The great psychiatrist Viktor Frankl actually warned against searching for meaning in life, because not searching for meaning may be the best way to find it.

Even with the rise of the #MeToo movement, victim-blaming remains a tenacious problem. Could the tendency to blame the victim be programmed into the human mind at the most basic level? And how can we undo it?

To understand dreams, we must interpret them, as if they were written in secret code. But, what if there's no code, and we've been reading into a bunch of meaningless images?

Star Wars makes lots of assertions about our darker emotions. But are they accurate?

Though many of us were told by our grade-school teachers to get our heads out of clouds, recent research shows that this may not have been good advice. Certain kinds of daydreaming may actually help us be more successful in life.

Although search engines make finding therapists simpler than ever, it's easy to suffer from information overload. Five questions can help you cut through the confusion.

Some people say psychology isn't a science. Are they right?

As children, many of us were told, "Never give up." But new research shows that giving up on a dream can sometimes be the healthiest option.

When tragedies happen, it's easy to wonder if there's any meaning to suffering.

Some psychologists think the unconscious mind is pure fiction.

It's not true that grief proceeds in five stages. So what is true?

A lot of people doubt that therapy works. Are they right?

In the face of our "post-truth" era of politics, it's hard to know what to believe. According to psychology research, whether we know it or not, most of us harbor false beliefs. Do you?

Are mental illnesses real in the same way that HIV, cancer, or the flu are? Some psychologists say no.