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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A series of charts shows how prevalent different mental illnesses are across the globe — but how we define them matters.
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Neuroscientist and author Bobby Azarian explores the idea that the Universe is a self-organizing system that evolves and learns.
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“Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself — and there isn’t one.”
John Templeton Foundation
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Impossible standards and poor self-understanding are making us miserable.
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Energy balance is the greatest arbiter of weight gain. Embrace the "oinker diet."
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A new study from Finland suggests that we all process the behavior of others using the same neural networks.