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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.
The serotonin theory of depression started to be widely promoted in the 1990s, coinciding with a push to prescribe more SSRIs.
NicoBoard is an app that helps parents make sense of a frightening time.
5mins
Where do you place precious brain resources?
More than 20% Americans live in a state with access to a medically assisted death.
Myrkl (pronounced "miracle") is supposed to let you go wild without facing the consequences the next day. But does it actually work?
The psychology of alien contact largely revolves around the concept of "otherness." We need to learn to be comfortable around strange things.
Gradualism rejects the idea of a "bright line" in the abortion debate.
In a world where we assume people tell the truth, liars prosper. To stop them from exploiting others, here are three rules to catch a liar.
In the wake of the pandemic, the crystal industry boomed, with customers hoping the stones might relieve a little anxiety.
Noradrenaline-targeting drugs, including blood pressure, depression, and ADHD meds, improve Alzheimer's disease symptoms.
We often laugh at inappropriate things, but not when we are emotionally invested. Laughter cannot be serious. So, can we ever laugh at death?
Should men be doing kegels?
6mins
What inequality and populism look like in the brain, according to a neuroscientist.
John Templeton Foundation
A new finding that unconsciously processed images are distributed to higher-order brain networks requires the revision of a popular theory of consciousness.
It is all too easy for humans to fall into the cognitive trap of thinking that an entity that can use language fluently is sentient or intelligent.
From ibuprofen to fentanyl, it’s about meeting the pain where it’s at.
One might think that people who started poor and became rich might be more sensitive to the plights of the poor. Not so, suggests a new study.
The good news is that it can be countered with acne medication.
9mins
Only 2% of Alzheimer’s is 100% genetic. The rest is up to your daily habits.
Most American men who die by suicide do not have any known history of mental health problems. So, what is to blame?