AllPsych Psychology Articles

Having a sense of who you are and what matters to you can make a lot of things easier. One way to solidify this sense of self is to reflect on your ...
Read More

One of the things that keeps mental illness stigma alive is that many psychiatric terms are widely misused. For example, many people still think "schizophrenia" refers to having multiple personalities or that ...
Read More

What does it mean to own something? It depends what society you're in. In Western culture, ownership is strongly linked to ideas about individualism and personal identity. But the same isn't necessarily ...
Read More

Oxytocin, sometimes called the "love hormone," plays a key role in human bonding. It's involved in trust, empathy, romantic attachment and other pro-social emotions and states of mind. Interestingly, oxytocin isn't just ...
Read More

Sometimes the best way to prepare for the future is to get stuck in the past. Nostalgia is the quintessential bittersweet emotion, but as far as the science is concerned, the sweet ...
Read More

There are a lot of statistics that can tell you how bad the 2008 financial crisis was. In the US, unemployment almost doubled. More than half the country saw their total wealth ...
Read More

What makes employees loyal to their employer? Competitive salaries? Lavish benefits? OK, those things definitely don't hurt. But some new research suggests that trust also plays an important role. The study, a ...
Read More

When we hear someone talk, we don't just listen to their words. We combine what they're saying with their body language and any other information we have to put together a fuller ...
Read More

What's that smell? That's the smell of your social network. A study just published ended up with some results that will make you stop and think – or at the very least, ...
Read More

Let's say you find someone who just did something generous and put them on the spot by interviewing them. You ask them, "Why did you do that generous thing?" They might say ...
Read More