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## Psychology


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Jun 30, 2026  
## [A Splash of Color Might Be the Easiest Way to Boost Happiness](https://time.com/article/2026/06/30/splash-of-color-happiness/)  
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by Angela Haupt
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Jun 23, 2026  
## [The 1-Minute Mental Trick That Makes You Appreciate Your Life](https://time.com/article/2026/06/23/mental-subtraction-trick-appreciate-your-life/)  
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by Angela Haupt
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Jun 11, 2026  
## [Why Watching Sports Makes People Happy](https://time.com/article/2026/06/11/why-watching-sports-makes-people-happy/)  
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by Veronique Greenwood
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Apr 28, 2026  
## [Why False Claims Seem Truer the More You Hear Them](https://time.com/article/2026/04/27/why-false-claims-seem-truer-the-more-you-hear-them/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Markham Heid
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Apr 20, 2026  
## [Modern Dating Is Making Us Less Secure](https://time.com/article/2026/04/17/modern-dating-is-making-us-less-secure/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Amir Levine  
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Feb 27, 2026  
## [Why Laughing at Yourself Makes You More Likable](https://time.com/7381641/laughing-at-yourself-awkward-moments-science/)  
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by Angela Haupt
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Feb 16, 2026  
## [What Can We Learn from Death in the Age of Longevity?](https://time.com/7377516/what-can-we-learn-from-death/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Arianna Huffington
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Nov 12, 2025  
## [Do You Have FOFO?](https://time.com/7332559/fofo-fear-of-finding-out/)  
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by Stacey Colino
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Nov 4, 2025  
## [How to Get Better at Reading Faces](https://time.com/7330922/reading-facial-expressions-how-to/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Matt Fuchs and Greg McKeown
* ![Emotional Regulation](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b73957a9c689cde/6998cb2347fe51bfa855c34d/Emotional-Regulation.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 28, 2025  
## [Why We All Need Emotion Regulation](https://time.com/7328823/we-need-emotion-regulation/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Marc Brackett  
* ![Overreaction Epidemic](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt095adc5832adc404/6998c9bde2d64b9316c5face/Overreaction-Epidemic.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 21, 2025  
## [How to Solve the Overreaction Epidemic](https://time.com/7317137/the-overreaction-epidemic/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Marc Brackett
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Aug 23, 2025  
## [The Case for Rediscovering Your Hometown](https://time.com/7311802/uk-hometown-essay/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Rohan Banerjee
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May 20, 2025  
## [The Surprising Science Behind Your Intuition](https://time.com/7286975/intuition-science-essay/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by  Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir
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May 14, 2025  
## [What Mark Zuckerberg Is Missing on AI and Loneliness](https://time.com/7285364/mark-zuckerberg-ai-loneliness-essay/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Kim Samuel
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May 1, 2025  
## [Why We Think We Deserve Good Karma](https://time.com/7281619/why-we-deserve-good-karma/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Angela Haupt

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