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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.
6mins
Psychologist Daniel Goleman on how to train your brain with just ten minutes a day.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has been a controversial diagnosis since it was first described, back in the 1940s.
Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.
An excerpt from “Memory,” a primer on human memory, its workings, feats, and flaws, by two leading psychological researchers.
Marketing expert Jonah Berger explains how simple tweaks to your word use can have a huge impact on team communication.
If you guessed “staying up all night to play video games,” you’d be right.
Perrikaryal uses an EEG to translate her brain activity into beating bosses in "Elden Ring" and beyond.
His career helped define humanity’s place in the world by bringing us “a little closer” to our ape relatives.
8mins
What do aliens, apes, and orchestras all have in common? Professor Michael Spitzer explains how they each help us understand the origins of music.
Ditch the old brain vs. heart assumptions, and instead think about a heart-led brain.
A growing body of research suggests that optimism plays a significant role in promoting both physical and mental well-being.
The truth may be out there — but it’s not in these close encounters of the third kind.
The Reitoff principle gives us permission to "write off" a day and intentionally step away from achieving anything.
CRISPR study helps answer a question that has long puzzled scientists.
15mins
Harvard has conducted an 85-year-long study on what makes humans happy. Psychiatrist Robert Waldinger explains what they found.
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Or are cults the religions we find distasteful?
Happiness is not a five-star holiday. It's often the result of struggle — and asking for help, as author Stephanie Harrison recently told Big Think.
AI looks like a natural and inevitable fit for business coaching — but some humans are wary. Here are the pros and cons.
The secret sauce of humor is incongruity. AI knows this as well as we do.