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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.
Not every "expert" has the expertise to back up their argument.
Today’s young people are intelligent and kind, but they are overworked and burned out.
John Templeton Foundation
Dogs are seen as more likely to leap without looking – possibly a trait shared with their owners.
Some animals were even assigned their own lawyers.
Because there's not enough Walden pond to go around.
It's time to let go of those emails from your cousin and the photos of your dinner.
When we feel sick, it's not just the pathogen to blame. Our brain cranks up the temperature, and the neurons responsible finally have been found.
Before anesthetics, some patients would die of the pain on the operating table.
What creates our private, inner universes is still a mystery.
The minimum wage is a popular policy, but it's not the only way governments have tried to help workers secure a decent living.
Managers who are able to identify and understand dark salespeople can manipulate them to benefit the company. What could be more Machiavellian than that?
Looking at ourselves in a mirror — or on a video call — shapes our sense of self. But what you see is not what others see.
The brain is highly plastic — the more we do a particular action, the more we change its makeup. Money is a great motivator for habit-forming actions.
Million Stories
Mixed messages and competing interests have left college students feeling lost and stressed.
But don't buy your own brain zapping machine, yet.
When you wish upon a star, it probably makes a difference who you are.
Exercise culture is crazy. But what you need to do is exceedingly simple.
What are they and, more importantly, how do you get rid of them?
Why should it be considered impolite to discuss something so important to our long-term well-being?
Million Stories
If you want a medication to kick in faster, lean right.