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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.
In the ongoing battle against PTSD, a potential new weapon emerges: a nasal spray loaded with neuropeptide Y.
When you do something with all your heart and mind, you do it with "meraki." When we lack this feeling, it can lead to burnout.
The Serenity Prayer is nice — until the missiles come raining down on your city.
The fear of deep bodies of water may be evolutionarily ingrained.
The idea that consciousness emerges naturally alongside intelligence could be an anthropocentric distortion.
To advance the gender-affirming healthcare of all those who transition, we must also understand the nature and causes of those who detransition.
"Human connection is as threatened by unhealthy peace as it is by unhealthy conflict." —Priya Parker
"Domesticated viral genes" may not be domesticated as scientists thought.
Who — or what — really controls your mind?
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If you don’t feel better after the weekend, the “burnout paradox” could explain why.
New research shows that the transition from general to specific memories involves the maturation of inhibitory neurons in the hippocampus.
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.
Descartes broke from the European philosophers who preceded him and devised a new way of considering humanity and the world.
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.
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Plato and Carl Sagan were wrong about the human brain, says a top neuroscientist.