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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.
If argumentation led to nothing, it would soon be thrown into the evolutionary dustbin.
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Kids don’t always make you happier. Here’s why people have them anyway.
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There are two kinds of suffering. One is pure pain. The other makes life worth living.
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What Odysseus needed from his father was something more important: the comfort of being a son.
You've heard of Stephen Hawking. Ever heard of Renata Kallosh? Didn't think so.
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An analogy explains the greater fool theory: You don’t have to run faster than the bear to get away; you just have to run faster than the other guy.
Does your father say "I love you," or express it in another way?
For 40 years, scientists thought a specific gene was linked to aggression in hamsters. Removing it, however, had violent consequences.
The engineer working on Google's AI, called LaMDA, suffers from what we could call Michelangelo Syndrome. Scientists must beware hubris.
Game theory is a unique combination of math and psychology. Its applications turn up everywhere, from nuclear war to Tinder to game shows.
In the age of distraction, don't we all want to read faster and more efficiently?
In "The Secret Life of Secrets", Michael Slepian explores how holding secrets affects our relationships, psychology, and well-being.
Types of therapy are about as different as the people who use it.
“It’s a big resource in the way the human genome is a big resource, in that you can go in and do discovery-based research."
The common drug is called gabapentin, which is currently used to control seizures and manage nerve pain.
We already know animals feel emotions, and that they can understand humans' emotions. But can they understand each other's emotions?
Science doesn't fit neatly into ideology.
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What if intelligence can thrive without consciousness?
A deep learning AI running on a supercomputer was able to link patterns of brain connectivity to political ideology.
We know sleep is more important than aimlessly scrolling on social media or checking our email for the 50th time. So, why do we do it?