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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.
Religion fosters traits that are helpful in a school system that relies on authority figures and rewards people who follow the rules.
Ingesting tiny doses of hallucinogens might not have the outsized benefits that some people claim it does.
Scientists looked for ways to trigger the “build whatever normally was here” signal for cells at the site of a wound.
Finland reveals that happiness is more about mindset than umbrella drinks and sun-warmed beaches.
Long before the Wordle mania, there was the crossword puzzle craze. And newspapers around the world condemned them as an “invasive weed” that caused mental illnesses and even murder.
How much we enjoy a conversation can all be a matter of timing — specifically, how long it takes us to respond to what was just said.
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It’s not a glitch in the matrix. It’s not the Mandela effect. There’s actually a scientific reason you remember things wrong.
If your partner is not helping build a better you, is it time for a better partner?
Get stronger in only three seconds per day? New research shows that it is possible.
Thich Nhat Hanh, the late Vietnamese monk, thought walking could be a profound contemplative practice.
And what if both parties are skilled at mirroring each other? Will it produce a stalemate?
Implicit bias may be outside your conscious control, but that doesn’t mean change is.
Researchers have created a method to help workers collaborate with artificial intelligence systems.
Whenever you're surprised, there's a good chance that your brain is busy tweaking your memories.
Only talk about the weather?
We forget how unnatural a lot of formal education is. "Learning how to learn" requires bridging the gap between the abstract and the natural.
According to Sigmund Freud, our revulsion at taboos is an attempt to suppress a part of us that actually wants to do them.
Risqué or just risky?
Soft skills training can help develop transformation-ready employees and equip entire organizations to adapt to an unpredictable future.
Life’s stages are changing – we need new terms and new ideas to describe how adults develop and grow
Ages 30 to 45 are now “the rush hour of life.”