Shayla Love

Scientists have proposed a new theory for why certain kinds of mental effort feel so draining.

The placebo effect appeared to line up with the unconscious biases that pervade the world around us.

A new study found that people have a "reticence gap": they mistakenly think they should speak less in order to be seen as likable.

It was difficult for people to guess whether philosophical responses came from the philosopher Daniel Dennett or the language generator GPT-3.

A review confirming what has long been known is being used to make misleading claims about antidepressants—and shows the gap between scientific knowledge and public understanding.

It’s impossible to tell the story of psychedelics without telepathy. How will these experiences fit into psychedelics' mainstream, medical future?

This familiar gesture has a surprisingly vast array of meanings and uses.

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board decided that petitions against Compass Pathways' psilocybin patents would not move forward to trial.

People choose names and dogs depending on how common they are. Other cultural ideas spread or sputter out in similar ways, research suggests.

What nonhuman animals experience while sleeping can be called dreaming, philosopher David Peña-Guzmán writes in a new book. This impacts how we should think about their interior lives.

A recent paper offered a theory on how psilocybin works to treat depression. Before long, there were memes and accusations of unprofessionalism.

That's WEIRD as in Western-Educated-Industrialized-Rich-Democratic.