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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.
Anne Chow, former CEO of AT&T Business, lays out a new approach to inclusive leadership that takes “thinking bigger” to the next level.
Changing the narrative on false memories might be surprisingly simple.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Research suggests curiosity triggers parts of the brain associated with anticipation, making answers more rewarding once discovered.
Why “audio gaps" in video meetings wear us out — and why we need the meaningful relationships forged in communal workspaces.
New evidence suggests the corvid family has surprising mental abilities.
Monica Parker explains how creating opportunities for wonder can help foster a thriving, inclusive workplace.
The writer’s tragic death at age 46 has led many to view him as a tortured artist. Here’s why this label is reductive.
Cecilie Fjellhøy, from the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler, shares her experience.
Late bloomers often find their moment of transformation when life throws them a curveball.
The findings show that even small areas in the brain may have the potential to represent complex meanings.
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Through woodworking, John Furniss, known as The Blind Woodsman, discovered a new purpose and a way to share his vision with the world.
Unlikely Collaborators
It's hard to know what other people know. But it's not impossible.
In the brain's language-processing centers, some cells respond to one word, while others respond to strings of words together.
We spend over a third of our lives at work, yet the global workplace is often not a happy place. The solution may lie with our feelings of attachment.
From hunter-gathers to desk jockeys, we work best when short, intense sessions are followed by lighter fare.
The digital world will always entail risks for teens, but that doesn’t mean parents aren’t without recourse.
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“If we didn't find helping other people pleasurable, we wouldn’t be altruistic.”
Stanford psychologist Jamil Zaki discusses the dangers of cynicism and how skepticism can invigorate our relationships and communities.
How Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky cracked open behavioral economics and enlightened all our choices.