Mind & Behavior

Mind & Behavior

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

Collage of a young person's face with abstract red scribbles and geometric shapes symbolizing ADHD.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has been a controversial diagnosis since it was first described, back in the 1940s.
a man sitting in a wheel chair next to a laptop.
Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.
Illustration of a conceptual model showing factors like novelty, surprise, importance, emotion, flashbulb memories, and overt rehearsal linked to memory retention, symbolized by a brain icon.
An excerpt from “Memory,” a primer on human memory, its workings, feats, and flaws, by two leading psychological researchers.
A collage with a bullseye in the center, flanked by monochrome images of a man holding his chin in one circle and a smiling woman displaying leadership language in another on a terracotta
Marketing expert Jonah Berger explains how simple tweaks to your word use can have a huge impact on team communication.
Digital composite image contrasting social interaction with neuralink technology and data analysis.
If you guessed “staying up all night to play video games,” you’d be right.
Man sitting on a chair on stage during a Frans de Waal event.
His career helped define humanity’s place in the world by bringing us “a little closer” to our ape relatives.
An illustrated human brain with musical notes to suggest the concept of music and cognition against a vintage anatomical background.
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What do aliens, apes, and orchestras all have in common? Professor Michael Spitzer explains how they each help us understand the origins of music.