Mind & Behavior

Mind & Behavior

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

brain scan politics
A deep learning AI running on a supercomputer was able to link patterns of brain connectivity to political ideology.
A woman paints as part of her creative habit.
Being more creative doesn’t require a ‘Muse.’ It’s about pairing intelligence and imagination.
One theory for catatonia is that it is similar to an animal's “death feint.”
Four sequential diagrams of a figure skater performing moves within oval tracks, each position numbered from 1 to 58 on a blue background—visually illustrating how to change habits through step-by-step progress.
Willpower alone likely isn't enough to replace a bad habit with a good one.
John Templeton Foundation
Two black-and-white illustrations blur reality: a woman sits on a chair, while another person’s head unexpectedly emerges through a hole in the floor beneath a nearby chair.
Signals from the environment, such as those detected by your sense organs, have no inherent psychological meaning. Your brain creates the meaning.
John Templeton Foundation
thinking fast slow
People believe that slow and deliberative thinking is inherently superior to fast and intuitive thinking. The truth is more complicated.
John Templeton Foundation
teenager myths
Society treats teenagers as if they’re a problem to be solved, but the truth is that we have to prepare them to solve our problems. It’s time that we change the narrative.
John Templeton Foundation