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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.
If you guessed “staying up all night to play video games,” you’d be right.
Perrikaryal uses an EEG to translate her brain activity into beating bosses in "Elden Ring" and beyond.
His career helped define humanity’s place in the world by bringing us “a little closer” to our ape relatives.
Ditch the old brain vs. heart assumptions, and instead think about a heart-led brain.
A growing body of research suggests that optimism plays a significant role in promoting both physical and mental well-being.
The truth may be out there — but it’s not in these close encounters of the third kind.
The Reitoff principle gives us permission to "write off" a day and intentionally step away from achieving anything.
CRISPR study helps answer a question that has long puzzled scientists.
Or are cults the religions we find distasteful?
Happiness is not a five-star holiday. It's often the result of struggle — and asking for help, as author Stephanie Harrison recently told Big Think.
AI looks like a natural and inevitable fit for business coaching — but some humans are wary. Here are the pros and cons.
The secret sauce of humor is incongruity. AI knows this as well as we do.
Memories aren’t mental recordings, but pliable information we can use to better manage the present and conjure future possibilities.
When we view hard work as a sign of low aptitude, it harms our ability to learn and grow.
Being bilingual benefits children as they learn to speak — and adults as they age.
Neuroscientist Tali Sharot recently spoke with Big Think about a two-step method for escaping the dark sides of habits.
When all your teammates fall for "the emperor's new clothes," the results can be disastrous — here's how to bust the groupthink.
Here's the case for why science can't keep ignoring human experience.
Genes are sometimes called the “blueprint of life,” but that doesn't make them the behavioral playbook.