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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.
Discussions of human evolution are usually backward looking, as if the greatest triumphs and challenges were in the distant past.
“At that time, it was just a wild idea, […] that instead of just a loss of consciousness, anesthetics may do something to the brain that actually turns pain off.”
Zuranolone might help people feel better sooner than if they were relying on standard treatment alone.
Two aspects of memory – fast updating and long lasting – are typically considered incompatible, yet the insects combined them.
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Why studying happiness is good for your “psychological immune system,” explained by Harvard “happiness professor” Tal Ben-Sharar.
Do the health risks outweigh the benefits?
Too many people still view stay-at-home dads as feckless deadbeats, but their acceptance is an important step toward gender equality.
The human brain is only the latest chapter in the ancient story of thinking on Earth.
A ten-minute visit from a therapy dog reduces emergency room patients' pain and anxiety.
Executive coaching is a forward-thinking investment in leadership that can empower high-potential individuals to achieve greater success.
“What am I missing?” is a question that journalist Mónica Guzmán thinks more people should start asking.
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IQ tests only measure two of the eight intelligences. Howard Gardner explains them all.
John Templeton Foundation
MIT neuroscientists have identified a population of neurons in the human brain that respond to singing but not other types of music.
Think therapy is self-centered? Think again.
Lessons from child development research teach us how we learn to trust others.
Kids' underdeveloped brains seem to help them acquire new languages with little effort.
Step one, start with a trial separation.
It took a series of ingenious experiments in the 20th century to uncover some of our biggest cognitive biases.
In "Off the Edge", journalist Kelly Weill dives down the strange rabbit hole of the flat-Earther community.
The science makes it abundantly clear that couples with more self-expansion are better relationships.