Mind & Behavior

Mind & Behavior

Study the science of how we think, feel, and act, with insights that help you better understand yourself and others.

Only humans can voluntarily conjure new objects and events in our minds.
Senior man posing with surfboard by his side
As improving biotech offers us longevity, we can prepare to live much better as we age.
Lonely humans will become infatuated with AI-fabricated personas.
Research shows that spending more time on social media is associated with body image issues in boys and young men.
5mins
Expert Michael Spitzer explains how culture can “tune” your musical taste.
A healthy endocannabinoid system is critical to the human body’s immune functions.
Studies show talk therapy works, but experts disagree about how it does so. Finding the answer could help professionals and patients.
While ticker tape synesthesia was first identified in the 1880s, new research looks at this unique phenomenon — and what it means for language comprehension.
There's a link between dark personality traits and breaches of battlefield ethics.
3d printing illiustration
Using shaped ultrasound, researchers can 3D print objects in one shot.
a colorful image of hair cells under a microscope
Baby mice can regenerate damaged hair cells — and now that we know how they do it, maybe we can, too.
Research shows how "dark" Brett Martinpersonality traits affect Bitcoin enthusiasm.
Intellectual humility demands that we examine our motivations for holding certain beliefs.
John Templeton Foundation
8mins
Your brain on sex, love, and rejection with biological anthropologist Helen Fisher.
money shame
Money shame is more common than you might think.
Million Stories
Anyone can have a bad day at work, but not everyone scores this high on narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism.
Brain scans
If a court needs to know if two trademarks look too similar to each other, perhaps the jury should be given a brain scan.