Christian Jarrett
@christianjarrett.bsky.social
Editor, Psyche Magazine https://psyche.co/ | SPSP award-winning author of BE WHO YOU WANT | Contributor to BBC Science Focus | http://www.christianjarrett.com
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Motivation is good, but discipline is better psyche.co/notes-to-sel... My latest Note to Self for Psyche magazine features the amazing Oleksandr Usyk. The boxing champ's recent claim that ‘discipline is better than motivation’ was psychologically astute
October 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Motivation is good, but discipline is better psyche.co/notes-to-sel... My latest Note to Self for Psyche magazine features the amazing Oleksandr Usyk. The boxing champ's recent claim that ‘discipline is better than motivation’ was psychologically astute
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Wrote for @psyche.co about disinhibition – the trait that brings chaos and frustration, but can also (sometimes) spark charm and boldness. Check it out!
The trait that makes some people so frustrating – and alluring psyche.co/ideas/the-tr... By @jananmost.bsky.social for @psyche.co Conscientiousness is constantly touted as a virtue, so what’s life like for people with the opposite trait – disinhibition?
October 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Wrote for @psyche.co about disinhibition – the trait that brings chaos and frustration, but can also (sometimes) spark charm and boldness. Check it out!
The trait that makes some people so frustrating – and alluring psyche.co/ideas/the-tr... By @jananmost.bsky.social for @psyche.co Conscientiousness is constantly touted as a virtue, so what’s life like for people with the opposite trait – disinhibition?
October 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The trait that makes some people so frustrating – and alluring psyche.co/ideas/the-tr... By @jananmost.bsky.social for @psyche.co Conscientiousness is constantly touted as a virtue, so what’s life like for people with the opposite trait – disinhibition?
Where are you on the happiness curve? psyche.co/notes-to-sel... @richardfisher.bsky.social for @psyche.co "When I came across the U-shaped happiness curve, I knew I had to act if I wanted to buck the midlife average"
https://psyche.co/notes-to-self/the-happiness-chart-that-changed-the-course-of-my-life"When
September 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Where are you on the happiness curve? psyche.co/notes-to-sel... @richardfisher.bsky.social for @psyche.co "When I came across the U-shaped happiness curve, I knew I had to act if I wanted to buck the midlife average"
You don’t need perfect features to be physically beautiful psyche.co/ideas/you-do... New Psyche Idea by professor of psychology Annett Schirmer
You don’t need perfect features to be physically beautiful | Psyche Ideas
New research reveals that physical attractiveness is more about personal compatibility than meeting universal standards
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August 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
You don’t need perfect features to be physically beautiful psyche.co/ideas/you-do... New Psyche Idea by professor of psychology Annett Schirmer
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Hey, I wrote a thing. I (and others) think that our sense of time and mental well-being are linked. Here are my thoughts on it. Thanks @psyche.co for the invite!
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How to alter the passage of time to feel fast or slow | Psyche Guides
Knowing the psychology behind why moments drag or whizz by can give you a degree of control over your experience of time
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July 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hey, I wrote a thing. I (and others) think that our sense of time and mental well-being are linked. Here are my thoughts on it. Thanks @psyche.co for the invite!
psyche.co/guides/how-t...
psyche.co/guides/how-t...
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👋 Hi! Time Perception researcher here. Emotional time dilation has been studied pretty extensively with some neat findings. (I recognize OP was meant as joke but this is what I do). Check out my recent Psyche article if curious psyche.co/guides/how-t...
How to alter the passage of time to feel fast or slow | Psyche Guides
Knowing the psychology behind why moments drag or whizz by can give you a degree of control over your experience of time
psyche.co
August 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
👋 Hi! Time Perception researcher here. Emotional time dilation has been studied pretty extensively with some neat findings. (I recognize OP was meant as joke but this is what I do). Check out my recent Psyche article if curious psyche.co/guides/how-t...
Find meditation really boring? You’re not the only one. By Thomas Goetz for Psyche magazine. Other practices like sermons, yoga and retreats can also trigger ‘spiritual boredom’. Here’s why it’s normal and even useful psyche.co/ideas/find-m...
Find meditation really boring? You’re not the only one | Psyche Ideas
Other practices like sermons, yoga and retreats can also trigger ‘spiritual boredom’. Here’s why it’s normal and even useful
psyche.co
July 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Find meditation really boring? You’re not the only one. By Thomas Goetz for Psyche magazine. Other practices like sermons, yoga and retreats can also trigger ‘spiritual boredom’. Here’s why it’s normal and even useful psyche.co/ideas/find-m...
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Most people are terrible at task-switching, and thanks to research we have a pretty good idea why, writes @christianjarrett.bsky.social.
Key factors that make switching harder include attention, memory and emotion:
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Key factors that make switching harder include attention, memory and emotion:
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June 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Most people are terrible at task-switching, and thanks to research we have a pretty good idea why, writes @christianjarrett.bsky.social.
Key factors that make switching harder include attention, memory and emotion:
buff.ly/V18mekE
Key factors that make switching harder include attention, memory and emotion:
buff.ly/V18mekE
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The iron logic of the Peter Principle is hard to escape.
If you are competent at your job, you get promoted. So, it’s clear what no longer getting a promotion means…
buff.ly/nyQaAHh
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If you are competent at your job, you get promoted. So, it’s clear what no longer getting a promotion means…
buff.ly/nyQaAHh
via @christianjarrett.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The iron logic of the Peter Principle is hard to escape.
If you are competent at your job, you get promoted. So, it’s clear what no longer getting a promotion means…
buff.ly/nyQaAHh
via @christianjarrett.bsky.social
If you are competent at your job, you get promoted. So, it’s clear what no longer getting a promotion means…
buff.ly/nyQaAHh
via @christianjarrett.bsky.social
Caregivers (including parents and grandparents) have more youthful brains psyche.co/notes-to-sel... My latest Note to Self for Psyche magazine @psyche.co
Caregivers have more youthful brains | Psyche Notes to Self
As the father of twins, I could hardly feel more frazzled. But my brain age might paint a different, more youthful, picture
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June 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Caregivers (including parents and grandparents) have more youthful brains psyche.co/notes-to-sel... My latest Note to Self for Psyche magazine @psyche.co
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Check out this cool Psyche article by @leahbanellis.bsky.social - covering our recent research into the neural and psychiatric correlates of "body-wandering", i.e., mind-wandering about the interoceptive and somatic body.
Ever get distracted by your own body? We call this "body-wandering." 🧠🫀
Our latest study uncovers its neural fingerprint and the link to ADHD & depression symptoms. Awesome write-up by our own @leahbanellis.bsky.social, in Psyche Magazine!
psyche.co/ideas/how-mu...
#neuroscience #research #ADHD
Our latest study uncovers its neural fingerprint and the link to ADHD & depression symptoms. Awesome write-up by our own @leahbanellis.bsky.social, in Psyche Magazine!
psyche.co/ideas/how-mu...
#neuroscience #research #ADHD
How much you ‘body-wander’ could affect your mental health | Psyche Ideas
Some people tune into bodily sensations while daydreaming, others don’t – with implications for anxiety, depression and ADHD
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June 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Check out this cool Psyche article by @leahbanellis.bsky.social - covering our recent research into the neural and psychiatric correlates of "body-wandering", i.e., mind-wandering about the interoceptive and somatic body.
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I'm so grateful to write my first magazine article with
Psyche Magazine! psyche.co/ideas/how-mu...
It features our preprint on 🫁 'Body-Wandering' 🫀 with invaluable guidance from
@micahgallen.com and @themindwanders.bsky.social
: biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Psyche Magazine! psyche.co/ideas/how-mu...
It features our preprint on 🫁 'Body-Wandering' 🫀 with invaluable guidance from
@micahgallen.com and @themindwanders.bsky.social
: biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
biorxiv.org
June 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I'm so grateful to write my first magazine article with
Psyche Magazine! psyche.co/ideas/how-mu...
It features our preprint on 🫁 'Body-Wandering' 🫀 with invaluable guidance from
@micahgallen.com and @themindwanders.bsky.social
: biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Psyche Magazine! psyche.co/ideas/how-mu...
It features our preprint on 🫁 'Body-Wandering' 🫀 with invaluable guidance from
@micahgallen.com and @themindwanders.bsky.social
: biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A way to enjoy more positive mental images psyche.co/notes-to-sel... My latest Note to Self for Psyche magazine @psyche.co! Psychologists have tested a way to seed ‘involuntary positive mental images’ in the brain – you could try it for yourself
A way to enjoy more positive mental images | Psyche Notes to Self
Psychologists have tested a way to seed ‘involuntary positive mental images’ in the brain. You can try it for yourself
psyche.co
June 5, 2025 at 10:32 AM
A way to enjoy more positive mental images psyche.co/notes-to-sel... My latest Note to Self for Psyche magazine @psyche.co! Psychologists have tested a way to seed ‘involuntary positive mental images’ in the brain – you could try it for yourself
African proverbs provide the blueprint for a meaningful life psyche.co/ideas/africa... By Richard Appiah for Psyche magazine @psyche.co. Incorporating ancient African wisdom into wellbeing interventions could push positive psychology beyond its Western roots
African proverbs provide the blueprint for a meaningful life | Psyche Ideas
Incorporating ancient African wisdom into wellbeing interventions could push positive psychology beyond its Western roots
psyche.co
June 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
African proverbs provide the blueprint for a meaningful life psyche.co/ideas/africa... By Richard Appiah for Psyche magazine @psyche.co. Incorporating ancient African wisdom into wellbeing interventions could push positive psychology beyond its Western roots
Continuing our memory-themed week on Psyche: How do transgender people remember their earlier selves? psyche.co/ideas/how-do... By Caleb Schlaupitz @ucirvine.bsky.social Research w/ transgender people sheds light on the memory processes that allow any of us to navigate periods of change @psyche.co
How do transgender people remember their earlier selves? | Psyche Ideas
Research with transgender people sheds light on the memory processes that allow any of us to navigate periods of change
psyche.co
May 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Continuing our memory-themed week on Psyche: How do transgender people remember their earlier selves? psyche.co/ideas/how-do... By Caleb Schlaupitz @ucirvine.bsky.social Research w/ transgender people sheds light on the memory processes that allow any of us to navigate periods of change @psyche.co
When memories from fiction become part of who you are psyche.co/ideas/when-m... Wonderful Psyche Idea by Osman Görkem Çetin. Scenes from books, movies and games sometimes carry as much weight as events from people’s own lives. We’re finding out why. via @psyche.co
When memories from fiction become part of who you are | Psyche Ideas
Scenes from books, movies and games sometimes carry as much weight as events from people’s own lives. We’re finding out why
psyche.co
May 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
When memories from fiction become part of who you are psyche.co/ideas/when-m... Wonderful Psyche Idea by Osman Görkem Çetin. Scenes from books, movies and games sometimes carry as much weight as events from people’s own lives. We’re finding out why. via @psyche.co
The new and improved Psyche Weekly newsletter is here, check it out and catch up on all of this week's fresh content including our exciting new content channels mailchi.mp/psyche/how-t... via @psyche.co
May 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The new and improved Psyche Weekly newsletter is here, check it out and catch up on all of this week's fresh content including our exciting new content channels mailchi.mp/psyche/how-t... via @psyche.co
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Excited to see @psyche.co magazine re-energize themselves with some new formats and offerings, while still being true to good writing & good science.
Really enjoyed writing this Guide with them a year or so back. @christianjarrett.bsky.social
psyche.co/guides/how-t...
Really enjoyed writing this Guide with them a year or so back. @christianjarrett.bsky.social
psyche.co/guides/how-t...
How to support kids to be brave | Psyche Guides
The desire to protect kids from uncomfortable situations is natural. But they need your help to grow into the unknown
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May 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Excited to see @psyche.co magazine re-energize themselves with some new formats and offerings, while still being true to good writing & good science.
Really enjoyed writing this Guide with them a year or so back. @christianjarrett.bsky.social
psyche.co/guides/how-t...
Really enjoyed writing this Guide with them a year or so back. @christianjarrett.bsky.social
psyche.co/guides/how-t...
I was sceptical about breathwork so I did my own research. New Psyche Idea by Guy W Fincham, founder of Brighton & Sussex Breathwork Lab psyche.co/ideas/i-was-... Breathwork changed my life, but I heard the sceptics. Several studies later, I’m more convinced than ever in its benefits
I was sceptical about breathwork so I did my own research | Psyche Ideas
Breathwork changed my life, but I heard the sceptics. Several studies later, I’m more convinced than ever in its benefits
psyche.co
May 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I was sceptical about breathwork so I did my own research. New Psyche Idea by Guy W Fincham, founder of Brighton & Sussex Breathwork Lab psyche.co/ideas/i-was-... Breathwork changed my life, but I heard the sceptics. Several studies later, I’m more convinced than ever in its benefits
The birthday gift psyche.co/stories-of-c... In the Soviet Union, you’d never wish someone ‘S dnem rozhdeniya!’ without a proper present.
--The first of our new Stories of Change on the relaunched Psyche @psyche.co
--The first of our new Stories of Change on the relaunched Psyche @psyche.co
The birthday gift | Psyche Stories of Change
In the Soviet Union, you’d never wish someone ‘S dnem rozhdeniya!’ without a proper present
psyche.co
May 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The birthday gift psyche.co/stories-of-c... In the Soviet Union, you’d never wish someone ‘S dnem rozhdeniya!’ without a proper present.
--The first of our new Stories of Change on the relaunched Psyche @psyche.co
--The first of our new Stories of Change on the relaunched Psyche @psyche.co
May 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
How to be a resilient, adaptable leader: psyche.co/guides/how-t... New Psyche Guide by Selda Koydemir for @psyche.co In times of change and pressure, a set of skills known as ‘psychological flexibility’ can help you and your team to thrive
How to be a resilient, adaptable leader | Psyche Guides
In times of change and pressure, a set of skills known as ‘psychological flexibility’ can help you and your team to thrive
psyche.co
April 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
How to be a resilient, adaptable leader: psyche.co/guides/how-t... New Psyche Guide by Selda Koydemir for @psyche.co In times of change and pressure, a set of skills known as ‘psychological flexibility’ can help you and your team to thrive
Why it matters that trauma affects women and men differently psyche.co/ideas/why-it... By Klára Hanáková for @psyche.co They are too often ignored, yet sex differences affect the kind of trauma people experience and the effect it has on them
Why it matters that trauma affects women and men differently | Psyche Ideas
They are too often ignored, yet sex differences affect the kind of trauma people experience and the effect it has on them
psyche.co
April 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Why it matters that trauma affects women and men differently psyche.co/ideas/why-it... By Klára Hanáková for @psyche.co They are too often ignored, yet sex differences affect the kind of trauma people experience and the effect it has on them