One Last ChanceHumans Are Wired to Forgive — Which Can Be a Problem Giving the benefit of the doubt can keep us in bad relationships. By The Swaddle Team
Killing ItYou’re Probably Making a Better First Impression Than You Think You really didn't blather on that much. By Angelina Shah
Appreciation 101Thank You Notes Exist for a Reason: They Make People Feel Good A little scientific evidence to back up your mother's advice. By Angelina Shah
Rough NightWhy Some People Have More Bad Dreams Than Others It comes down to your anxiety levels. By The Swaddle Team
Pinky SwearHow to Spot a Trustworthy Person It's not about how good they act. It's about how guilty they (might) feel. By Angelina Shah
Spotting A FakeEveryone Can Tell When You’re Laughing Just to Be Polite A new study has found people everywhere can distinguish real chuckles from insincere giggles. By Angelina Shah
Animal InstinctAren’t Good People The Worst? They don't mean to make us look bad. So why do we hate them? By Angelina Shah
Deep ThinkersThe Younger Kids Are, The More Thoroughly They Consider Their Decisions As we grow, we become more efficient decision-makers, but not necessarily better ones. By Angelina Shah
Back In My DayYour Earliest Childhood Memories May Not Be Real It's not inception, it's just the way the brain develops. By Liesl Goecker
Mind ControlCan Zapping People’s Brains Prevent Them From Committing Violent Crimes? A study suggests it's possible -- but the better question is whether we should. By Liesl Goecker
Mind BindAnticipating Stress Can Undermine Our Cognitive Abilities Whether or not the stressful event ever occurs, worrying that it will inhibits working memory. By Angelina Shah
Apocalypse LaterWhy the World Feels Worse Than Ever, Even Though It’s Not A phenomenon known as prevalence induced concept change is throwing off your big-picture view. By Liesl Goecker
inner workingsWhy Your Plans Feel Just Around the Corner — But Also So Far Away Anticipation messes with our sense of time. By The Swaddle Team
babiesBabies Are Wired to Recognize Happiness At six months, babies can tell happy voices go with happy faces. By The Swaddle Team
inner workingsBeing A Parent Takes A Lot of Brain Power New research untangles the neuroscience of parenting. By Urvija Banerji
cultureIt’s Time to Recognize Culture Affects Our Understanding of Psychology Thinking outside the Western box. By Nicolas Geeraert, The Conversation
inner workingsWatching YouTube Videos Makes Us (Mistakenly) Think We’ve Mastered a Skill "I could totally do that" never ends well. By The Swaddle Team
