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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.
AI will shape the future of work, but human leadership will decide whether that future is good — and happiness should be the touchstone.
People don't want you to buy their stories — they want you to listen to them.
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We tend to trust our intuitions about consciousness because they feel immediate and personal, but feeling convinced is not the same as being right. Annaka Harris explores what happens when […]
Health policy expert Ezekiel Emanuel says you don’t have to be obsessed to live a healthy life. Wellness can, and should, be something you enjoy.
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"I continue to believe that in the long run, boys, young men will believe their eyes more than their ears."
Emily Mendenhall traces the medical myths, gender bias, and neurological truths behind hysteria, one of history’s most damaging diagnoses.
A practical blueprint for developing leaders through systems, not sessions.
Psychologist Chris Moore reveals why guilt and anxiety lead us to the compassion necessary to earn forgiveness.
We think of physical reality as what objectively exists, independent of any observer. But relativity and quantum physics say otherwise.
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"The big question then is why are most people resilient and why are some people not resilient?"
In an age of polycrisis, argues leadership coach Lisa Bennett, we should spend less time trying to save the world — and focus on savoring it instead.
Neuroscience isn’t dissolving philosophy’s hardest problems — it’s forcing us to rethink where they live.
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"Being connected to another person makes us feel safer and keeps our bodies at a kind of physiologic equilibrium that promotes health."
By tracking brain activity as primates move freely in the wild, neuroethology could reshape what we think we know about our own minds.
Big Think and the John Templeton Foundation gathered scientists, artists, and storytellers in Los Angeles to explore the power of awe.
What 158 L&D leaders told us about the future of leadership development.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Rituals serve psychological functions that go far beyond mere habit or tradition.
As we crank up our search for more powerful AI, maybe we should slow down and reimagine the shape and language of intelligence itself.