Could complex beliefs like paranoia have roots in something as basic as vision? A new Yale study finds evidence that they might. When completing a visual perception task, in which participants had to ...

Stay Alert! Trust No One! Keep Your Laster Handy! All words to love by in Paranoia. Dungeons & Dragons is, in theory about teamwork. When players work together narratively or tactically the game has ...

JAMES TILLEY MATTHEWS feared the Air Loom Gang. In 1797, he claimed that this mysterious group of villains could control his thoughts using a kite and manipulate “the magnetic fluid” to force him to ...

Paranoia is a common word that's commonly misunderstood. "S/he's so paranoid!" can be heard in everyday conversation with the same incomprehension as saying someone is "OCD" because they're organized.

As I remarked at the beginning of the very first of these posts, back in 2009, the history of science is not always what it ought to be, and today, almost a decade later, I must confess that the fate ...

Lizzie Duszynski-Goodman is a journalist living in the Midwest with her husband and two young children. Her work explores the intersection of mental health, wellness and parenting. She is the former ...

In times of unexpected uncertainty, such as the sudden appearance of a global pandemic, people may be more prone to paranoia, Yale University researchers suggest in a new study published in the ...

THC overstimulates the amygdala, the brain region that regulates fear responses, which may explain why some people feel anxious or suspicious of others after using cannabis products with high THC ...

People who see meaning where there is none, like imagining one dot chasing another, may be showing early signs of paranoia or psychosis. Yale scientists found that such visual misperceptions are tied ...