Psychology
Life of the mind: The constant life companion
Some patients, I know, imagine indifference in a therapist just doing the job. The opposite is true"
Life of the mind: The itch to diagnose Trump
"Diagnosis is comforting, mainly for the diagnoser"
Brief encounter: Steven Pinker
"Knowledge has exponentiated and is available to all"
Books in brief: The Power of Meaning by Emily Esfahan Smith
"In a world that seems caught between pure hedonism and divisive sectarianism, the book mounts a timely challenge"
Life of the mind: When small-talk’s a miracle
"I know this all sounds like minor stuff, but, given where we started, it’s huge."
Interview: Michael Lewis—What’s wrong with Trump’s mind
"American life has always had this kind of moronic inferno quality to it"
Behavioural economics: did Kahneman and Tversky change the world?
Not as much as Michael Lewis thinks
Can belief in Santa harm children psychologically?
The evidence suggests that it can
Podcast: Suzanne O’Sullivan—when illness is “all in your head”
The consultant neurologist on psychosomatic illness
Judgement and prejudice: a fine line
Regardless of how quickly we judge someone, we should be ready to revise our opinion
Science is fallible, just like us
Fears of a "reproducibility crisis" show we need to stop being naïve about science
Therapists aren’t there to give advice
It’s about not leaping into the material but bearing not knowing what to do; bearing not knowing how the situation will develop