Neuropsych

Study confirms the existence of a special kind of groupthink in large groups.

Is breakup sex ever a good idea?

A powerful new tool lights up the brains of worms, and may soon help draw maps of other animals brains.

No, being interested in BDSM does not mean you had a traumatic childhood.

Habits are easier to hack and change when you understand how they work.

Reading code activates a general-purpose brain network, but not language-processing centers.

An excessive focus on past failures can make learning about new situtations more difficult.

Is your red the same as mine? Probably not.

Scientists watch as mice mouse around an onscreen maze.

Other cultures can differ greatly from your own, but there are commonalties in the way we express emotions.

A large study shows changes in the brain scans of lonely people in the area involved in imagination, memory, and daydreaming.

As morally sturdy as we may feel, it turns out that humans are natural hypocrites when it comes to passing moral judgment.

Is the quest to upload human consciousness and ditch our meat puppets the future—or is it fool’s gold?

Neuroscientists and ethicists wants to ensure that neurotechnologies remain benevolent.

A new study found that personality growth in young adults predicted career benefits such as income, degree attainment, and job satisfaction.

How a controversial study on psychic powers caused a revolution in psychology research.

Philosophers have been asking the question for hundreds of years. Now neuroscientists are joining the quest to find out.

How to deal with “epistemic exhaustion.”

MRI scans show that hunger and loneliness cause cravings in the same area, which suggests socialization is a need.

The heart of the religious ritual is mysticism, argues Brian Muraresku in “The Immortality Key.”

Historian Rutger Bregman argues that the persistent theory that most people are monsters is just wrong.

It’s never too late to learn a new language. Just don’t count on speaking French like a Parisian.

Heard about the phenomenon of FNE, or ‘first night effect’?

A new theory suggests that dreams’ illogical logic has an important purpose.

Having grown kids still at home is not likely to do you, or them, any permanent harm.

Schools have become captivated by the idea that students must learn a set of generalized critical-thinking skills to flourish in the contemporary world.

Recent research shows that brain teasers don’t make you smarter and don’t belong in job interviews because they don’t reflect real-world problems.

Getting plenty of sleep just became even more important.

Aligning your goals with deeply held values produces better results—in your career and life.

A recent NIHR report found that students with previously low connectedness scores saw improvement in well-being and eased anxiety.