Welcome to The Superheroes Psychology Today blog. In this first post, let me address two questions: Why a psychological blog about superheroes? And what is a superhero? First, why the blog? I write ...

Eighteen months ago, Coco Gauff was bundled out of Wimbledon in the first round by fellow American Sofia Kenin -- the second time she'd lost to her compatriot at a Grand Slam tournament in her career.

Regardless of what this list means to many of you, I keep receiving requests for information on the psychology of superheroes, so many that it's helpful to be able to provide this list as a reference ...