Mind & Behavior

Mind & Behavior

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

Line drawing of a person with one arm raised, swinging a tennis racket to hit an unseen ball—motion lines suggest the path of the racket and capture the power of habit in each practiced stroke.
There’s a psychological reason you haven’t created healthier habits in your life.
John Templeton Foundation
mental chatter
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Half our day is spent not living in the moment. Here’s how to change that.
A muscular figure pries open the jaws of a roaring lion lying on its back, depicted in a dramatic, dynamic scene with expressive brushstrokes—symbolizing the struggle of learning how to change habits.
Habit-forming rituals are subconsciously controlling your life. Here’s how to master them.
John Templeton Foundation
One form of domestic abuse involves a parent breaking their child’s connection with the other parent.
Two black-and-white illustrations blur reality: a woman sits on a chair, while another person’s head unexpectedly emerges through a hole in the floor beneath a nearby chair.
Signals from the environment, such as those detected by your sense organs, have no inherent psychological meaning. Your brain creates the meaning.
John Templeton Foundation
analysis paralysis
When faced with too many choices, many of us freeze — a phenomenon known as "analysis paralysis." Why? Isn't choice a good thing?
financial bullshit
"A cheap loan is beyond all new destiny." Does that mean anything to you?
Remote training
Remote work is here to stay. Here are a few ways to enhance remote training in a post-pandemic future.
gene editing alcoholism
An experiment in rats suggests that gene editing may be a treatment for anxiety and alcoholism in adults who were exposed to binge-drinking in their adolescence.
hoarding
Hoarders know their habits are abnormal, and yet they cannot help themselves. Maybe you can help them.
Aristotle's ancient virtues play a vital role in today's war.
Data from NASA, ESA, and Roscosmos suggest that long durations in space cause changes in the brain, some of which are linked to vision problems.
Experiencing flow state
Experiences that put you in a state of flow are shown to override PTSD and heartbreak.
Thanks to genetic clues, scientists discovered that an old stroke therapy that had abandoned for decades might just work.