Mind & Behavior

Mind & Behavior

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

Abstract image of a person sitting alone in a tiny space to represent PTSD.
Antidepressants can help alleviate PTSD symptoms when paired with psychotherapy, but does our overenthusiasm for them blind us to more effective alternatives?
meditation
Meditators invert the relationship between the layers of self-processing.
When other treatments fail, this radical surgery could help.
Oxytocin can boost heart cells' ability to regenerate.
More than half of Americans feel anxious over their financial situation.
Million Stories
How many tins of beans make a stockpile, and when does a basement become a bunker? 
The researchers suggest that their results demonstrate intelligence in silico.
If you believe that you're perfect, then somebody else must be responsible for your failures.
Psychologists are exploring this creepy feeling of having already lived through an experience before.
We are tearing ourselves apart over gender issues, with the result that the problems of boys and men are left untreated.
After 70 years, "The Power of Positive Thinking" remains incredibly popular, even though its critics find the book to be mostly fluff.
Between 30% and 50% of the US population says they believe in ghosts.
An increase in genetic regulatory elements explains how modern humans evolved bigger brains than other hominins.