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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.
Think therapy is self-centered? Think again.
Lessons from child development research teach us how we learn to trust others.
Kids' underdeveloped brains seem to help them acquire new languages with little effort.
Step one, start with a trial separation.
It took a series of ingenious experiments in the 20th century to uncover some of our biggest cognitive biases.
In "Off the Edge", journalist Kelly Weill dives down the strange rabbit hole of the flat-Earther community.
The science makes it abundantly clear that couples with more self-expansion are better relationships.
Researchers look to an FDA-approved drug ingredient that can "scoop-up" and store cholesterol and possibly stave off post-stroke dementia.
A lot of research assumes happiness is measured by comfort and material conditions. For Aristotle, it is about being the best we can be.
The first recorded brain activity of a person during their death suggests a biological trigger for near-death experiences.
Bite into a miracle berry and you'll perceive intense sweetness — but only after you eat something acidic, too.
Hormonal birth control for women may elevate the risk of depression and suicide, but so does pregnancy itself.
Choking under pressure seems to have deep evolutionary roots.
Men with one older brother are 12% more likely to enter a same-sex union than those with a sister.
Painkillers have nasty side effects, such as organ damage or addiction. Researchers have discovered a new drug that may cause none of these.
Religion fosters traits that are helpful in a school system that relies on authority figures and rewards people who follow the rules.
Ingesting tiny doses of hallucinogens might not have the outsized benefits that some people claim it does.
Scientists looked for ways to trigger the “build whatever normally was here” signal for cells at the site of a wound.
Finland reveals that happiness is more about mindset than umbrella drinks and sun-warmed beaches.
Long before the Wordle mania, there was the crossword puzzle craze. And newspapers around the world condemned them as an “invasive weed” that caused mental illnesses and even murder.