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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.
Turning off a gene called “Myc” has a surprising effect in male fruit flies: They start courting other males.
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.
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 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.