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Inside your head

Psychology

First impressions, conformity, procrastination, the peak-end rule at the close of a year.

08 stories

An illustrated cross-section of an ear with a treble clef inside it

Why Do Songs Get Stuck in Our Head?

Earworms, and why the same five seconds of a song can play on a loop all day.

Hanna Seo/Sep 2026

The Psychology Behind First Impressions: Why Do We Judge People So Quickly?

Yebynn Son/Jun 2026

The Psychology page carrying the first impressions article

Why Goodbyes Feel So Strange: The Peak-End Rule

Seohyun Choi/May 2026

A wall of pinned photographs and polaroids

The Psychology of Social Conformity

Seohyun Choi/May 2026

A group of people seated in a circle in a bright room

The Psychology of Procrastination

Yebynn Son/Mar 2026

A student at a laptop, head in hand, looking at a phone

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Why You Keep Saying Yes: The Power of Small Requests

Foot-in-the-door and door-in-the-face. Your friends use both, and so do advertisements.

Seohyun Choi/Mar 2026

The printed page carrying the persuasion techniques article

Fake Productive Study Modes

The laptop is open, the highlighter is uncapped, and an hour later nothing has been learned.

Seoyun Lee/Mar 2026

The printed page carrying the study-habits article

Why It Feels Like Everyone Is Watching You: The Imaginary Audience

Most people are too busy worrying about themselves to focus on you. Knowing that helps.

Seohyun Choi/Feb 2026

The printed page carrying the imaginary audience article

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Comics & Bible

The back page: comics, satire, sheep, and the Bible section that closes the issue.

05 strips/01 readingsThe back page

Four-panel comic: Goliath challenges Israel's army, David the shepherd trusts God, faces Goliath with a sling, and wins — Comics: David and Goliath
Hannah Cho/Sep 2026
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Six-panel comic: a student struggling with a test, praying, and finishing it with strength — Comics / Bible: Philippians 4:13
Hannah Cho/Jun 2026
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A drawn Bible-section page telling the story of Noah's Ark in panels — Bible Section: Noah's Ark
Dongyun Hwang/Feb 2026
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An illustrated Bible-section panel of a shepherd and a flock of sheep — Bible Section: Psalm 23:1
Hailey Hong/Dec 2025
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Hands resting on an open Bible — Bible Verse of the Month
Dongyun Hwang/Nov 2025
Reading

A four-panel comic titled How to Pray, in orange and yellow — Bible Comics: How to Pray
Hailey Hong/Nov 2025
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