Psychology and Psychologists

November 11, 2019

Ultra-Black Is the New Black

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — On a laboratory bench at the National Institute of Standards and Technology was a square tray with two black disks inside, each about […]
December 29, 2017

9 Ways to Be a Better Person in 2018

Advertisement Damien Rosa, 14 (center), and his buddies at Sneaker Con.CreditKrista Schlueter for The New York Times Sneaker Con, a gathering of shoe fanatics founded in […]
October 28, 2017

Future Tense: Amazon Key Is a Lot Less Scary Than My Post-1-Click Remorse

Future Tense By TEDDY WAYNE I recently bought a pair of sneakers online after some browsing. I knew exactly what I was getting, having owned the […]
June 10, 2017

Prozac Nation Is Now the United States of Xanax

This past winter, Sarah Fader, a 37-year-old social media consultant in Brooklyn who has generalized anxiety disorder, texted a friend in Oregon about an impending visit, […]
July 13, 2016

The Couch in Rainbow Colors: ‘L.G.B.T.-Affirming’ Therapy

CULVER CITY, Calif. — “Are we ready to expose ourselves?” J. D. Fuller asked, halfway through the graduate-level psychology class she teaches on Tuesday nights at […]
May 20, 2016

Circa Now: The Remarkable Shelf Life of the Offhand Comment

May 20, 2016 By HENRY ALFORD Sometimes a seemingly trivial comment will lodge in our brain and start to fester, ultimately exhibiting a shelf life equal […]