Mind & Behavior

Mind & Behavior

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

Collage of images featuring a classical sculpture, a close-up of a human ear, and a woman in a cafe expressing surprise with children nearby.
Irene is on a bus with her young kids when two men come on, cussing like sailors. Should Irene step in and say something?
A senior man, Daniel Kahneman, with glasses, wearing a dark suit and a blue shirt, standing against a gray background.
Kahneman was a world-changing psychologist — even with his lesser known ideas on life satisfaction.
Two men smiling and riding in a convertible during a parade, surrounded by a crowd of onlookers.
According to Harvard career advisor Gorick Ng, this time-saving system can help us reclaim our work-life sanity.
Collage of a young person's face with abstract red scribbles and geometric shapes symbolizing ADHD.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has been a controversial diagnosis since it was first described, back in the 1940s.
a man sitting in a wheel chair next to a laptop.
Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.
Illustration of a conceptual model showing factors like novelty, surprise, importance, emotion, flashbulb memories, and overt rehearsal linked to memory retention, symbolized by a brain icon.
An excerpt from “Memory,” a primer on human memory, its workings, feats, and flaws, by two leading psychological researchers.
A collage with a bullseye in the center, flanked by monochrome images of a man holding his chin in one circle and a smiling woman displaying leadership language in another on a terracotta
Marketing expert Jonah Berger explains how simple tweaks to your word use can have a huge impact on team communication.