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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.
Proponents of transhumanism make big promises, such as a future in which we upload our minds into a supercomputer. But there is a fatal flaw in this argument: reductionism.
Patients with amygdala damage rejected the widely accepted answer to the infamous "trolley problem," saying that it "hurts too much."
Turning off a gene called “Myc” has a surprising effect in male fruit flies: They start courting other males.
For over three decades, toxic proteins were believed to cause Alzheimer’s disease. However, recent studies suggest it might be metabolic reprogramming.
It might be good for your memory.
In the 1980s, some wardens started painting their cells with a shade of pink dubbed "Baker-Miller Pink."
It’s estimated that one-in-three women and one-in-five men have an episode of major depression by the age of 65.
Music and sounds only seem to reduce pain in mice when played at a specific volume.
It's common knowledge that syncing your circadian rhythm to a natural light-dark cycle could improve your health and well-being.
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How to see through the lies that surround us.
the human brain remains highly responsive to sound during sleep, but it does not receive feedback from higher order areas — sort of like an orchestra with “the conductor missing.”
The world is aging, and with age comes vision decline. New research may have found how to improve eyesight in an accessible way.
Is there such a thing as a heroic personality type?
The serotonin theory of depression started to be widely promoted in the 1990s, coinciding with a push to prescribe more SSRIs.
NicoBoard is an app that helps parents make sense of a frightening time.
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Where do you place precious brain resources?
More than 20% Americans live in a state with access to a medically assisted death.
Myrkl (pronounced "miracle") is supposed to let you go wild without facing the consequences the next day. But does it actually work?
The psychology of alien contact largely revolves around the concept of "otherness." We need to learn to be comfortable around strange things.