Mind & Behavior

Mind & Behavior

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

sleep sound
the human brain remains highly responsive to sound during sleep, but it does not receive feedback from higher order areas — sort of like an orchestra with “the conductor missing.”
The serotonin theory of depression started to be widely promoted in the 1990s, coinciding with a push to prescribe more SSRIs.
NicoBoard is an app that helps parents make sense of a frightening time.
Close-up of a lion's open mouth showing sharp teeth and tongue, painted in a realistic style with rich brown and yellow tones, capturing intensity that echoes themes seen in the neuroscience of inequality.
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What inequality and populism look like in the brain, according to a neuroscientist.
John Templeton Foundation
consciousness
A new finding that unconsciously processed images are distributed to higher-order brain networks requires the revision of a popular theory of consciousness.
From ibuprofen to fentanyl, it’s about meeting the pain where it’s at.
rich people
One might think that people who started poor and became rich might be more sensitive to the plights of the poor. Not so, suggests a new study.