Why don’t we take our own advice?
‘There’s a huge gulf between grasping something intellectually and really feeling it in your bones’
Do lung cancer scans deter smokers from giving up?
Getting the ‘all clear’ can provide false reassurance – meanwhile, positive results can lead to needless investigations
If I don’t see it, why should I clean it?
‘To feel motivated to clean something, you’ve first got to notice – and care – that it’s dirty’
Oliver Sacks obituary
Neurologist and writer best known for his books The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Awakenings
How hard work cures all illness
Dean Burnett: Iain Duncan Smith claimed that hard work helps treat illness. Scientifically speaking, he’s right. Sort of. Well, not quite.
Selfie sticks should be banned for massaging our self-obsession
More successful societies are cooperative and prosocial. Is new tech driving our inherent narcissistic tendencies beyond a healthy level?
Look into my eyes: can 10 minutes of staring make you hallucinate?
Gaze adoringly at your loved one, and they will soon look deformed, monstrous or like your mother, according to a study. One writer puts it to the test
Misery, failure, death and a slap in the face. Great advice for life from James Hollis
Don’t interpret What Matters Most as self-help cheesiness. This blunt and refreshing work by a follower of Jung is a radical and humbling way of thinking about psychology
Memory loss: what makes people forget who they are?
When amnesia strikes, people can forget everything about their life, including their name. But what causes memory loss? And what happens to people who lose themselves for an hour, a few months – or even for ever?
Worrying: A Literary and Cultural History review – ennui and its origins
Francis O’Gorman’s study of why we worry covers everything from medieval monastic life to modern cultural theory without really providing any answers