Psychology

[한국심리학신문=편집부 ]결혼 15일 만의 불륜, 왜 그는 멈추지 못했을까: 새로운 자극을 쫓는 뇌의 비밀결혼식 하객들의 축하가 채 가시기도 전이었다. 일본의 한 유명 개그맨이 결혼 15일 만에 불륜이 드러나 침대 셀카까지 유출되며 충격을 안겼다. 많은 사람들이 '어떻게 결혼 보름 만에'라며 입을 다물지 못했다.그런데 심리학자들은 이 사건에서 도덕적 판단 이전에 먼저 물어봐야 할 질문이 있다고 말한다. '왜 그는 분명히 알면서도 멈추지 못했을까.' 그 답은 우리 뇌 깊숙한 곳에 숨어 있다.신혼이 가장 위험한 이유: 도파민..

[한국심리학신문=편집부 ]소속사 몰래 '은퇴 선언'… 장동주가 보여준 심리적 도피의 민낯감당하기 어려운 상황이 쌓이면 사람은 종종 모든 것을 한 번에 끊어버리고 싶다는 충동을 느낀다. '그냥 사라지면 어떨까', '다 내려놓고 싶다'는 생각이 머리를 가득 채우는 순간이 누구에게나 한 번쯤은 있다.배우 장동주가 소속사와 아무런 협의 없이 개인 SNS를 통해 돌연 연예계 은퇴를 선언하면서 많은 이들이 충격을 받았다. 휴대전화 해킹 피해, 잠적 논란, 유흥업소 술값 미납 의혹까지 연이어 불거진 상황에서 터진 일방적 은퇴 발..

In an age in which the algorithm constantly guides us towards things we already like, I tried to stop being a control freak, imprisoned by my preferences. It wasn’t easyHow predictable is your life? I drink my coffee from the same Moomin mug every morning and run a tight roster of weekly meals. My Ocado order never varies. On weekends, we buy the same seeded sourdough loaf; do the same chores; see the same friends. That might sound stultifying, but it comforts me in a chaotic world.Is it a coping mechanism, an expression of my control-freak tendencies? Probably, which is why I was gripped and horrified in equal measure by an extract from How Not to Know by Simone Stoltzoff in the Atlantic ..

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