A few years ago I climbed over a gate and found myself gazing down at a valley. After I’d been walking for a few minutes, looking at the fields and the sky, there was a shift in my perception.

The other day, I was engaged in a philosophical discussion group about how to divide up the human mind. Initially, it was proposed that we could divide our minds into four categories of thinking, ...

Although numerous explanations have been offered, meaningful coincidences—synchronicity and serendipity—are primarily psychological phenomena. Without you noticing them, they do not exist. In common ...

Regrets about the one that got away can keep an HR executive up at night. You work hard to attract the talent your organization needs to succeed and to build a workplace culture where employees can ...

Ruth Ogden receives funding from the British Academy, the Wellcome Trust, the Economic and Social Research Council, CHANCE and Horizon 2020. Time is one of those things that most of us take for ...