This blog is about the intersection of storytelling and psychological science. I became interested in psychology because, as a literary scholar, I wanted to understand why humans are so hopelessly ...

A fter the convoluted explanation behind Sherlock Holmes' return in Watson's most recent episode, one of the series' stars ...

This essay is excerpted from Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes, opens new tab, published this week by Viking. How do we make sure we don’t fall victim to overly confident thinking, ...

Read at your own risk.] It was a case of mistaken identity! Sherlock set up a trap for Moriarty (Randall Park) and John Stapleton, his two primary rivals, and it was the two of them in a tussle that ...

CBS' "Watson" spent a significant portion of its episode Monday on a conversation between the titular Dr. John Watson and his ...

“My dear Watson…” Sherlock Holmes ( Robert Carlyle) is back in Dr. John Watson’s ( Morris Chestnut) life, and he certainly ...

Watson' found a way to bring back Sherlock Holmes but there is still speculation about his return — and Robert Carlyle has ...

Robert Carlyle is officially Sherlock Holmes on Watson, and he chatted with PopCulture.com about his interpretation. The Once ...

Ever since Watson Season 2 has premiered, audiences are wondering whether Sherlock Holmes has actually returned from the dead or if the detective is only being hallucinated by his best friend, Dr.

There's a new Sherlock Holmes in town, thanks to Watson. The CBS drama just brought the mythical literary figure back from ...

The BBC/Masterpiece sleuth employs a memory technique invented by the ancient Greeks Sarah Zielinski The Holmes of BBC/Masterpiece's Sherlock, played by Benedict Cumberbatch, uses a mnemonic device ...