Why Being Ghosted Hurts So Much: What Psychologists Know About the Silence
No row, no reason, just nothing. Research on ostracism explains why ghosting stings, why people do it, and how to recover.
Relationships
Love, friendship, family and the everyday dynamics between people.
The Shrinking Circle: How Many Close Friends Adults Really Have, and Why It Matters
Fewer close friends and less time together: decades of survey data from the US and Britain reveal how adult friendship is changing, and how to push back.
Can 36 Questions Make Two Strangers Fall in Love? The Science Behind the Viral Experiment
A list of questions from a 1997 psychology study became a worldwide dating phenomenon. Here is what the research actually found about how closeness is built.
Phubbing: What Happens to a Relationship When Your Partner Keeps Checking Their Phone
Almost half of adults in one study said their partner snubbed them for a phone. Here is what researchers found it does to a relationship.