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Thought-provoking articles about human nature from diverse thinkers

Time to move beyond the anecdotes around animal-assisted therapies | Psyche

Evaluating therapies

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Time to move beyond the anecdotes around animal-assisted therapies

by Mirena Dimolareva

Advance directives for mental illness raise deep ethical questions | Psyche

Mental health

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Advance directives for mental illness raise deep ethical questions

by Tania Gergel

Helping others might feel good, but is it really good for you? | Psyche

Compassion and empathy

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Helping others might feel good, but is it really good for you?

by T Ryan Byerly

Anger

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Sometimes it’s a good idea to be angry with yourself. But when?

by Laura Silva

Why religion without belief can still make perfect sense | Psyche

Spirituality and religion

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Why religion without belief can still make perfect sense

by Philip Goff

The philosophical roots of CBT help explain its limitations | Psyche

Cognitive and behavioural therapies

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The philosophical roots of CBT help explain its limitations

by Bradley Murray

Does porn harm or help? Gender could matter in a surprising way | Psyche

Sex and sexuality

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Does porn harm or help? Gender could matter in a surprising way

by Nicolas Sommet & Jacques Berent

Work and vocation

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The idea of a ‘surgeon’s personality’ won’t fix the profession

by Agnes Arnold-Forster

Sex lives of the pygmy seahorses – a hidden, miniature marvel | Psyche

Animals

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Sex lives of the pygmy seahorses – a hidden, miniature marvel

by Richard Smith

The power of Langston Hughes’s ‘melancholy citizenship’ | Psyche

Civic life

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The power of Langston Hughes’s ‘melancholy citizenship’

by Robert L Tsai

Why self-understanding could be important for empathising well | Psyche

Compassion and empathy

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Why self-understanding could be important for empathising well

by Sonia Krol

Grief

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There is consolation in a philosophical approach to grief

by Michael Cholbi