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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.
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Hustle culture is part of our DNA — but it’s making us unhappy. Yale psychologist Laurie Santos explains how to escape your inner drill sergeant and find peace in imperfection.
The divers spend their waking hours either under hundreds of feet of water on the ocean floor or squeezed into an area the size of a restaurant booth.
As cells divide, they must copy all of their chromosomes once and only once, or chaos would ensue. How do they do it? Key controls happen well before replication even starts.
The path of a curling stone on ice — and how it can be influenced — is a revealing metaphor for life's decisions.
Our minds seem both physical and intangible. That paradox has gripped this neuroscientist since childhood.
The outrage machine is fueled by toxicity. But there are practical steps that we can take to recapture control over our emotions.
Will we ever unravel the mystery of consciousness? Two academics made a 25-year bet on it. The scientist lost.
Learn to spot the scientists who are searching for the truth rather than money, ego, or fame.
The space‑specific neurons in the owl’s specialized auditory brain can do advanced math.
Don't feel compelled to start a napping routine just yet.
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Your "social reality" isn’t an absolute reality. A leading neuroscientist explains why.
When done right, dark humor can help us face inconvenient truths and question stifling social conventions.
Sophia, the humanoid robot, is not just mirroring emotions; she's leading a revolution in emotional intelligence.
John Templeton Foundation
If you want to write and speak well, use common words, not grandiose ones. Unless you're Shakespeare, you're more likely to annoy people.
Your brain is trying to show you the future.
Your expectations form the way you experience the world.
Boys are four times as likely as girls to develop autism. Girls are nearly twice as likely to experience depression. The immune system may be a player in these and other brain-health disparities.
We all spend way too much time worrying what other people think of us — it’s time to cut loose.
You become the main protagonist in these novels.
Retatrutide, Eli Lilly's innovative "triple g" drug, is setting new standards in the fight against obesity.