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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.
One award was for a medical procedure that incapacitated thousands of people.
The DARPA-funded memory prosthesis helps the brain retain new information.
Negative feedback ignites the primal (“fight or flight”) and emotional (“do they hate me?”) parts of our brain first.
Which studies are actually worth the hype?
The findings of a recent study may help explain why some people are quicker to forget fearful memories.
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Dr. Carl Hart breaks taboos surrounding drug use in America.
There's no escaping the death of loved ones. But that doesn't mean we're powerless in the wake of loss.
Fiona Broome remembered Nelson Mandela dying in prison in the 1980s (he didn't). Oddly, many people had the same false memory.
People think that unhappiness causes our minds to wander, but what if the causation goes the other way?
The idea that we're happier at the beginning and end of our lives is really just a comforting myth.
The key to curbing sugar intake may lie in the gut rather than our tastebuds.
Every Christmas could be the last Christmas.
A key question is how to keep that relief going without relying solely on repeated ketamine infusions.
"The digital HQ – the digital infrastructure that supports productivity and collaboration – actually became more important than the physical HQ."
Brands like BMW, Walmart, and IBM are seeing big wins from the use of gamification in corporate training. Here's how.
Women have made incredible gains into STEM fields, but they continue to face gender biases in the workplace.
While most participants fibbed a little bit, laptop users were much more likely to lie – and by a lot more.
If you're trying to hide how you feel about something, be careful with your hands.
Sigmund Freud developed the decidedly unscientific principles of psychoanalysis in a time when most psychologists were trying to join the ranks of chemists and medical doctors.
Expressing gratitude encourages others to continue being generous, promoting a cycle of goodness.