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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.
By exposing people to small doses of misinformation and encouraging them to develop resistance strategies, "prebunking" can fight fake news.
Giving speech to the speechless.
With a record-setting $1.9 billion jackpot, you'd think it's a no-brainer to buy a Powerball ticket. But the math truly shows otherwise.
Recent discoveries about bodily awareness have changed how scientists think about the nature of consciousness.
The "love hormone" might be an unexplored treatment for Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.
7mins
The ultimate definition of trauma, explained by leading psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk.
John Templeton Foundation
Maybe our understanding of quantum entanglement is incomplete, or maybe there is something fundamentally unique about consciousness.
We don’t understand why loneliness is bad for us if all we can say is that it hurts.
6mins
Debates about the existence of free will traditionally have been fought by two competing camps: those who believe in free will and those who don’t because they believe the Universe […]
It's perhaps never been harder to resist the urge to overspend.
Their neurons are very different from "normal" people.
It's time for Tetris.
Today’s scary clowns are not a divergence from tradition, but a return to it.
The answer may depend on your lifestyle.
5mins
Jimena Canales shares the “demons” that shaped computer science.
7mins
To be happy, you have to become antifragile first. Harvard’s Tal Ben-Shahar explains.
John Templeton Foundation
4mins
Your brain is wired for trauma. And it can be hot-wired to forget it.
Parents want the best for their kids, but resilience helps children better cope with life's unavoidable challenges.
Studying neuroscience through art.