Psychology

Our language, our world

Linguistic relativity holds that your worldview is structured by the language you speak. Is it true? History shines a light

James McElvenny

An artist swaps her head with everyday objects in a musing on consumerism

4 minutes

Messages born of melody – hear the whistled language of the Hmong people

18 minutes

For ages, solo sex was hardly taboo. What led to its centuries-long dry spell?

4 minutes

Trauma on a loop

I was the victim of a carjacking. The trauma from that experience was unendurable. Then I discovered eye movement therapy

Madison McLoughlin

Witness the pain

When loved ones are traumatically lost, bereaved families become accidental activists by turning grief into grievance

Chris Bobel

Demystifying death – a palliative care specialist’s practical guide to life’s end

4 minutes

Psychosis and psychedelics

In the 1960s, psychedelic research was driven underground. Now it’s re-emerging – with lessons for the study of psychosis

Phoebe Friesen

Loved, yet lonely

You might have the unconditional love of family and friends and yet feel deep loneliness. Can philosophy explain why?

Kaitlyn Creasy

Language is medicine

For First Nations people, health is not a matter of mechanical fitness of the body, but of language, identity and belonging

Erica X Eisen

Why cleaning up crime scenes requires a rare mix of grit and empathy

9 minutes