From morning coffee to playoff superstitions—rituals soothe your brain and build resilience. Here’s the science behind why we crave them.

Your memory isn’t a perfect recording—it’s a dynamic, error-prone process shaped by emotion, attention, and meaning. Here’s what psychology reveals about how memory works.

Social media connects and entertains us—but it also rewires how we think, feel, and relate. Here’s what psychology reveals about your feed’s effect on your brain.

Pulling all-nighters doesn’t help you remember—it sabotages your brain. Here’s what research says about how sleep locks memories in for good.

You set goals with excitement—only to lose steam weeks (or days) later. Here’s why motivation fizzles out and what actually keeps it alive.