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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.
Walter Pitts rose from the streets to MIT, but couldn’t escape himself.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline relaunched last year with a new number, yet few Americans are aware of the helpline and its purpose.
A series of charts shows how prevalent different mental illnesses are across the globe — but how we define them matters.
Brain activity may be more like "ripples in a pond" rather than signals sent on a telecommunications network.
Neuroscientist and author Bobby Azarian explores the idea that the Universe is a self-organizing system that evolves and learns.
7mins
Plato and Carl Sagan were wrong about the human brain, says a top neuroscientist.
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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
Impossible standards and poor self-understanding are making us miserable.
2hr 9mins
Johns Hopkins professor Dr. Matthew Johnson answers 24 huge questions about psychedelics.
If you think you know what sex, gender, and "the right thing to do" for trans youth and adults are, be sure it agrees with actual science.
We will have a better shot at improving our lives once we come to understand, know, and love the people we will one day become.
Energy balance is the greatest arbiter of weight gain. Embrace the "oinker diet."
“Uitwaaien” is a popular activity around Amsterdam—one believed to have important psychological benefits.
One of Apple's key innovations serves as a psychological breakthrough, as its technology eliminates the isolating feel of headset use.
Neuroscientists and artists alike are making the case that we could transform the world through psychedelics.
Numerous videos online show that squid undergo a dramatic color-changing effect after being stunned or killed.
A team of scientists has warned that marketers seek to advertise in our dreams. Will our sleep be commercialized against our wishes?
8mins
Your brain isn’t wired for happiness — but you can change that, explains Yale scientist Laurie Santos.
John Templeton Foundation