Mind & Behavior

Mind & Behavior

Study the science of how we think, feel, and act, with insights that help you better understand yourself and others.

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AI, anxiety, and emotional intelligence are on learners' minds as they prepare to tackle the new year.
A person with long dark hair beams with creativity, wearing a tiger print jacket, set against a vibrant blue background.
Neuroscientist and author Anne-Laure Le Cunff discusses the lasting benefits of uncertainty, curiosity, and the experimental mindset.
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Delirium is one of the most perplexing deathbed phenomena, exposing the gap between our cultural ideals of dying words and the reality of a disoriented mind.
A silhouette of a head brimming with green grass and tiny flowers forms a brain-like shape, embodying sentience against a yellow textured background.
Could AI develop true intelligence without sentience? Philosopher Jonathan Birch explores the boundaries of artificial and evolved minds.
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Ethan Kross, psychologist and author of "Shift," explains how negative emotions help us live safely and well.
A sprinter in a red tracksuit charges down the track with ultra confidence, accompanied by overlayed graphics of historical photos, numbers, and a line graph on the image.
Performance psychology reveals the mental techniques elite athletes use to build and maintain their confidence.
A cracked egg under pressure supports a large blue rock, surrounded by a cheering crowd in black and white.
Professional sport is a hotbed of "performance anxiety” — and to start managing pressure in all settings, we need to properly define it.