Mind & Behavior

Mind & Behavior

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

Don’t worry that your dog’s world is visually drab.
There are four money personality types. Which are you?
Million Stories
In the early 20th century, a young biochemist named Alexander Oparin set out to connect “the world of the living” to “the world of the dead.”
A black silhouette of a human head with a rectangular section cut out, revealing a profile face against a cloudy blue sky, symbolizes the limits of our attention span.
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“What you pay attention to, is your life.” Where do you place precious brain resources?
John Templeton Foundation
Find it easier to sort out your friends' problems than your own? This paradox is for you.
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Do humans have souls, or are we just particles? Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder explains.
People engage in creative thinking every day, whether they realize it or not.
Harvard psychiatrist Robert Waldinger discusses how 80 years of ongoing research show relationships to be vital for health and happiness.
You don’t have to “feel the burn” to see improvements to your health and well-being.
When you can't enter flow, you can still lean on your internal rhythm.
Over time, different structures in the brain come to play unique roles in the storage and retrieval of long-term memories.
Solving difficult visual puzzles seems to help the brain "rewire" itself by forming new neural pathways.
People with shingles have an approximately 80% higher risk of stroke than those without the disease.
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The "subarachnoidal lymphatic-like membrane" helps shield and protect the brain.
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How to defeat debaters who deal in distractions, according to a two-time world debate champion.