Website profile

Psychology Today

View the latest from the world of psychology: from behavioral research to practical guidance on relationships, mental health and addiction. Find help from our directory of therapists, psychologists and counselors.

  • 1,911articles · 30d
  • 1+ hour agolatest article
  • Aug 14, 2026earliest in window
  • 92%with images · 2 videos
  • 333avg words
articles per day
Categories
  • Medical 1,025
  • People & Society 598
  • Health 585
  • Health & Wellness 542
  • Society 459
  • Science & Technology 300
  • Social Life 224
  • Arts, Culture, Entertainment & Media 196

Please confirm you are human

This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.

A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.

Hold with a pointer, or hold Space or Enter.

News

Psychology Today
psychologytoday.com > za > blog > the-future-of-intimacy > 202609 > psychology-is-preparing-for-yesterdays-ai

Psychology Is Preparing for Yesterday's AI

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (237+ words) Posted September 9, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. Ten years from now, it is difficult to fathom what the world of therapy will look like. Even five years from now, we are expected to see another major disruption: AI agents. Agents…...

Google News
psychologytoday.com > gb > blog > the-future-brain > 202609 > ai-behavior-impacted-by-internal-confidence-levels

AI Behavior Impacted by Internal Confidence Levels | Psychology Today United Kingdom

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (291+ words) Posted September 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Kaja Perina Metacognition was largely introduced in the 1970s. American developmental psychologist and Stanford Professor James H. Flavell (1928-2025) coined the term “metacognition” in 1979 as “knowledge and cognition about cognitive phenomena.” Since then, the term metacognition has been more…...

Psychology Today
psychologytoday.com > us > blog > unlocking-language > 202609 > ban-on-students-ai-use-and-the-bigger-problem-facing-us-all

Ban on Students' AI Use and the Bigger Problem Facing Us All

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (723+ words) Posted September 7, 2026 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader New York City just hit pause on students' use of AI. Will other districts follow suit? And should they? The answer may impact all of us far into the future, as I explain below....

Psychology Today
psychologytoday.com > sg > blog > urban-survival > 202608 > the-shadow-artificial-third-ai-use-in-therapy

The Shadow Artificial Third: AI Use in Therapy

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (520+ words) Updated September 2, 2026 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch “What is originality, after all, but the shape that results from the natural impulse to communicate to others that feeling of freedom, that unconstrained joy?”― Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation "I would be…...

Psychology Today
psychologytoday.com > us > blog > minds-at-war > 202609 > pretend-empathy-is-now-a-product

Pretend Empathy Is Now a Product

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (335+ words) Posted September 2, 2026 | Reviewed by Lybi Ma Psychiatry once promised to heal the soul. Then came the 15-minute appointment, the prescription pad, and eventually the AI chatbot—and the soul became a friction the system could not afford. I spent some…...

Psychology Today
psychologytoday.com > us > blog > the-digital-self > 202609 > when-thought-loses-its-address

When Thought Loses Its Address

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (547+ words) Posted September 2, 2026 | Reviewed by Kaja Perina But there's more and worth a closer look. On mathematical problems with objectively correct answers, LLM interactions tended to improve "collective" accuracy. In other words, the correct agents exerted greater influence than incorrect ones....

Psychology Today
psychologytoday.com > za > blog > dancing-with-the-devil > 202609 > generative-ai-and-moral-injury

Generative AI and Moral Injury

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (535+ words) Psychology Today We use third-party cookies to analyze site usage, store preferences, and deliver relevant content and ads. You can opt out anytime by selecting "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" and clicking "Save My Preferences." To opt…...

Google News
psychologytoday.com > ie > blog > platform-for-success > 202609 > journaling-in-the-ai-era

Journaling in the AI Era | Psychology Today Ireland

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (731+ words) Posted September 1, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley Readers may think of diaries or journals as written by adolescent girls who vomit out feelings onto blank sheets. But the act is itself tension-relieving. Looking at those written words days or weeks later…...

Google News
psychologytoday.com > nz > blog > the-psychology-of-work > 202608 > ai-getting-boring-youre-probably-doing-it-right

AI Getting Boring? You’re Probably Doing It Right | Psychology Today New Zealand

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (691+ words) AI Getting Boring? You’re Probably Doing It Right Psychology Today AI Getting Boring? You’re Probably Doing It Right When we begin to normalize AI, our human strengths may improve. Posted August 31, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk - We have always normalized…...

Psychology Today
psychologytoday.com > nz > blog > harnessing-hybrid-intelligence > 202608 > fighting-agency-annihilation-from-the-inside-out

Fighting Agency Annihilation From the Inside Out

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (590+ words) Posted August 31, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk The question for the hybrid independence is apparently easy: Who chooses what? For a country celebrating Merdeka while accelerating its AI ambitions, this may become one of the defining development questions of the next…...