We think of tears as an overflow of emotion, but an evolutionary lens shows they’re a rational form of social signalling ...

Some people tune into bodily sensations while daydreaming, others don’t – with implications for anxiety, depression and ADHD ...

Articles, Films and practical Guides on the nature of reality, part of Psyche’s coverage of creativity and the arts.

Surveying his life, Carl Jung reflects on the collective unconscious, his clash with Freud and humanity’s uncertain future ...

The diplomatic intervention by a philosopher on a president shows the extraordinary consequences of unlikely meetings ...

On a walk through the Welsh countryside, I travelled through 4.6 billion years of Earth history – and you can too ...

After fleeing war-torn Liberia, an outsider artist creates haunting portraits while seeking asylum in the Netherlands ...

Even in ancient Greece, Plato questioned whether gender norms around masculinity were good for men’s individual freedom ...

True contact between beings,’ he wrote, ‘is established only by mute presence, by apparent non-communication, by that ...

Motivation is notoriously fickle. Here’s why having more fun in the moment helps you stick with your goals for the long haul ...

As the father of twins, I could hardly feel more frazzled. But my brain age might paint a different, more youthful, picture ...

If experience is a song, mood is the bassline. As your thoughts and sensations flow by, it’s your mood that provides the emotional undercurrent. It predisposes you to respond in certain ways to a ...