New research warns conversational AI may reinforce false beliefs by validating and expanding users’ narratives, increasing ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Distorted perceptions of relationships can be dangerous for ...

Tension: We intellectually know others rarely notice us, yet we still feel constantly observed and judged in everyday moments. Noise: Popular advice tells us to “stop caring what others think,” which ...

Stressful thinking patterns are an example of cognitive distortions—the belief that something is true despite it having no basis in fact. Not surprisingly, this leads to mental suffering. I’m using ...

Emotional reasoning is a distorted thinking pattern, meaning that we tend to engage in it automatically and when we don’t want to think too deeply. Normally, we form an interpretation about the ...