Maren Cole

Trending & Psychology desk

Covers the psychology desk at Talmyn — the evidence behind attention, persuasion, and human behavior, and where popular claims about the mind outrun the research.

11 stories published

Published Stories

Tech & AI Evolution

Are Humans Turning Into Robots? The Real Psychology Behind Habits, Screens, and Free Will

Psychology & Human Behavior

What a Career-Purpose Dataset Can and Cannot Tell Us

True Crime Cases

Crime News Today: What’s Actually Happening in Major Cases and Law Enforcement Right Now

Trending & Psychology

Was Life Really Better in the 1990s? What the Real Data Actually Shows

Dark Psychology

Dark Psychology Content Has Quietly Rebranded Manipulation as Self-Improvement

Psychology & Human Behavior

Why Humans Consistently Misjudge Risk — and What It Costs Us

Body Language Analysis

Reading Body Language Reliably Is Harder Than the Videos Make It Look

Hypnosis & Suggestion

Hypnosis Is Real. Here’s What It Can and Can’t Actually Do

Conspiracy Theories

Why Smart People Believe Conspiracy Theories — the Actual Psychology

True Crime Cases

What True Crime Coverage Gets Right About Human Behavior — and What It Distorts