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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.
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Parity tasks (such as odd and even categorisation) are considered abstract and high-level numerical concepts in humans.
Sleep less, sleep less, sleep more.
Belief in God and the afterlife increased, while belief in superstition decreased.
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Our society is in a mental health crisis. Are psychedelics the way out?
To prevent overloading the memory system, the brain may have a mechanism that tosses out certain types of memories.
Philosopher Slavoj Žižek argues that we often don't truly want to obtain what we think we desire.
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Everything you ever wanted to know about the Universe, explained by physicist Sean Carroll.
2022 was another busy year in the realm of science, with groundbreaking stories spanning space, materials, medicine, and technology.
What you see is what you hear.
A concept known as "wave-particle duality" famously applies to light. But it also applies to all matter — including you.
The research could aid the development of more effective treatments for conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Sight helps you see a room, but interoception lets you sense it from inside your own body.
We all see beauty the same way.
The placebo effect is real. So are the ethical conundrums posed by those who would exploit the latest research advances for profit.
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What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. That old adage roughly sums up the idea of antifragility, a term coined by the statistician and writer Nassim Taleb. The term refers […]
Fathers’ brains adjust their structure and function to parenthood.