Psychology

Personality trait of openness linked to lower antisemitic attitude, more Jewish contact study finds

Openness was assessed using 10 items from the Big Five Inventory, while antisemitic attitudes were measured using an 11-item scale developed by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).

A poster against antisemitism is seen on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Markham, Ontario, Canada on March 22, 2025.
picture showing the ChatGPT application displayed on a smartphone screen, highlighting its growing role in everyday life and the increasing reliance on artificial intelligence tools that are shaping decision making and automating tasks.

The love trap: AI relationships won't break your heart – but they might cost you the real thing

How an Israeli coach's revolutionary training method turned eleven rounds of experience into a German boxing title.

Coach David Golani's Method: Boxing Prepared Differently

The dedicated treatment suite established for the MDMA-assisted psychotherapy clinical trial, where participants undergo supervised eight-hour treatment sessions. Illustrative image.

MDMA-assisted psychotherapy reduces PTSD in 80% of soldiers, Israeli study finds


Psychologist Emorie Beck reveals how you can unlock happiness

Researchers find happiness doesn't work the same way for everyone.

 Psychologist Emorie Beck reveals how you can unlock happiness.Illustration.

Dr. Phil at ‘Post’ gala: ‘There is no moral equivalent’ to Oct. 7 terror

The TV psychologist blasts moral relativism and campus antisemitism at star-studded JPost gala in NYC.

 Dr. Phil at JPost gala in NYC, May 19th, 2025.

Are you being gaslighted by your rabbi or therapist? Here's how to tell - explainer

Morning prayer: “Keep us far from an evil person and an evil companion.”

 Gaslighting is the deliberate attempt to gain control over others by making them doubt their very identity, feelings, and perceptions (illustrative)

The psychology of kinocide: Why do terrorists target families and women? - opinion

Hamas could have executed families and walked away. But they didn’t. They lingered. They engaged in frenzied massacres, brutal torture, and mutilation.

 DR. COCHAV ELKAYAM-LEVY, interviewed by Caleb Ben Dor, speaks about the Dvora Institute’s project dealing with kinocide, at a Speak Easy lecture series event in Tel Aviv earlier this month

The psychology behind crash games and their global popularity


The psychology behind player retention in iGaming

If you are always wondering how casinos manage to make their games so addictive and engaging, then you’ve come to the right place. Here’s our short guide on what makes these games work so well and wh


War increases postpartum depression, PTSD in pregnant Israeli women - study

Symptoms the women reported to have experienced include war-related nightmares, feeling constantly on edge or easily startled, and disconnected.

 A woman and a baby.

'Picture of hell': Hostage families' reveal suffering of living hostages in Gaza

The report stressed that for wounded and ill hostages in Gaza, "each additional day in captivity may be fatal."

 The tunnel in Rafah, Gaza Strip, where six hostages were murdered by Hamas. September 10, 2024.

‘The goal is to create a situation in which Hamas will fear the population in Gaza,’ expert says

Dr. Ofer Grosbard, a clinical psychologist, discussed Israel's use of psychological warfare and the next steps in the war.

 Hamas terrorists against backdrop of Gazan demonstrators in the Gaza Strip (illustration).

United Hatzalah launches Israel’s first psychotrauma dog unit

Emotional support dogs offer comfort and stress relief to those in distress

 The united Hatzalah graduating ceremony for participants of its Psychotrauma Canine Unit.