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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.
Tough and cutthroat leaders are celebrated in a results-driven culture — but there is another path to C-suite success.
Even with the best technology imaginable, you'd probably never be able to exist as a consciously aware brain in a vat.
Public mass shooters almost always have worldviews shaped by the "3 Rs": rage, resentment, and revenge.
When does "oversharing" become an issue?
Bob Dylan gave us the paradoxical gem "there's no success like failure, and failure's no success at all." He had a point.
A recent study suggests that exposure to visual stimuli can diminish the effects of psychedelic drugs.
What would it take to create a truly intelligent microbot, one that can operate independently?
Nicole has been dating someone for a while but it's not working out from her point of view. Is sudden radio silence an ethical option?
Irene is on a bus with her young kids when two men come on, cussing like sailors. Should Irene step in and say something?
Kahneman was a world-changing psychologist — even with his lesser known ideas on life satisfaction.
According to Harvard career advisor Gorick Ng, this time-saving system can help us reclaim our work-life sanity.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has been a controversial diagnosis since it was first described, back in the 1940s.
Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.
An excerpt from “Memory,” a primer on human memory, its workings, feats, and flaws, by two leading psychological researchers.
Marketing expert Jonah Berger explains how simple tweaks to your word use can have a huge impact on team communication.
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.