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Mind & Behavior
Study the science of how we think, feel, and act, with insights that help you better understand yourself and others.
Great thinkers have long kept psychosis at a safe distance. But those asking the biggest questions may find it uncomfortably close.
The ability to see your options clearly and act on them has never been more valuable.
Once you decide what kind of person someone is, every interaction becomes supporting evidence. Here’s how to interrupt the cycle.
If you look into a mirror, you'll notice that left-and-right are reversed, but up-and-down is preserved. The reason isn't what you think.
How do you tell when intuition is offering you reliable information?
People whose jobs deal with actual emergencies are trained to slow down first. Here's how to borrow their strategies.
Our brains are gambling addicts placing bets on what reality holds. And sometimes, they bet wrong.
10mins
How do you unlearn a story about yourself that the whole world seemed to agree on? Margaret Cho has been working on that answer for a long time. This is where she landed.
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The goal of a sabbatical shouldn't be to make you a better worker when you return. It's an opportunity to be a more fully realized person.
The evidence is clear. We just don’t use it properly.
When someone asks you a question they genuinely don’t know the answer to, hold on to them for dear life.
These iconic literary characters shine a light on our enduring fascination with dangerous minds.
A nostalgia-fueled real-world renaissance is underway, led by young adults striving to counter the cultural pessimism and division that pervades much of online life.
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What do the laws of physics, biological evolution, and your free will have in common? The same mathematical principle runs through all of them. Stephen Wolfram has spent 40 years finding it.
A specific behavior might help explain the stereotype, recent research suggests.
Your inner monologue doesn't have to devolve into toxic "chatter."
The brain’s default mode network gives rise to costly ruminations, but it can also be a source of creative breakthroughs.
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Mindfulness is trending, with widespread celebrity endorsements and varying claims about its benefits, but Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of The Center for Mindfulness, aims to clarify its true meaning amidst the hype.