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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.
Big Think covered the 2012 study shortly after it was published. We are now correcting the record.
If you’ve looked for a job recently, you may have encountered the personality test. You may also have wondered if it was backed by scientific research.
Why does the DMT experience feel so familiar to some people — even those who are trying the psychedelic for the first time?
A study involving nearly 2,000 people found links between personality traits and the likelihood of moving toward or away from dementia.
"I am not sick at all but everyone around me becomes sick."
Great writing can unveil the criminal psyche better than any other artistic medium.
The strange case of cultured ultra-thief Stéphane Breitwieser — who claims “art is my drug” — has divided opinion. Is it Stendhal syndrome?
There were many similarities, but also some profound differences.
When a whoopsie-daisy just won’t cut it.
"I thought strangers knew who I was and were whispering about me as I walked by."
Stoicism is popular today but often misunderstood and misapplied. In fact, a naive interpretation of Stoicism is damaging to your well-being.
Modern memory athletes use this ancient technique to memorize thousands of digits of pi.
“It is healthy and normal to be afraid of death."
Aiming to unlock the secrets of his unconscious mind, Jung experimented with intensive daydreaming.
The divers spend their waking hours either under hundreds of feet of water on the ocean floor or squeezed into an area the size of a restaurant booth.
As cells divide, they must copy all of their chromosomes once and only once, or chaos would ensue. How do they do it? Key controls happen well before replication even starts.
The path of a curling stone on ice — and how it can be influenced — is a revealing metaphor for life's decisions.
Our minds seem both physical and intangible. That paradox has gripped this neuroscientist since childhood.
The outrage machine is fueled by toxicity. But there are practical steps that we can take to recapture control over our emotions.
Will we ever unravel the mystery of consciousness? Two academics made a 25-year bet on it. The scientist lost.