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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 Stoic philosopher argued that most of life is outside our control — but the little we do control defines who we are.
Not all knowledge carries over.
Disconnection is not a personal failure, but a systems challenge — and an opportunity for employers to strengthen our social fabric.
Labels help your brain make sense of a complex world, but when self-attached, those same labels can convince you that you're unable to grow.
Today, nostalgia is somewhat kitsch. Back then, it was something to be feared.
Researchers built a model that behaves like a brain. Without being trained on neural data, the model produced a peculiar signal — one that was later discovered in actual brain activity.
These cultural lies make normal struggle feel like failure. A habit of experimentation makes it feel like progress.
Tara Narula shares how journalist Richard Cohen challenged conventional ideas about illness, identity, and strength while living with MS.
AI will shape the future of work, but human leadership will decide whether that future is good — and happiness should be the touchstone.
People don't want you to buy their stories — they want you to listen to them.
Health policy expert Ezekiel Emanuel says you don’t have to be obsessed to live a healthy life. Wellness can, and should, be something you enjoy.
Emily Mendenhall traces the medical myths, gender bias, and neurological truths behind hysteria, one of history’s most damaging diagnoses.
A practical blueprint for developing leaders through systems, not sessions.
Psychologist Chris Moore reveals why guilt and anxiety lead us to the compassion necessary to earn forgiveness.
We think of physical reality as what objectively exists, independent of any observer. But relativity and quantum physics say otherwise.
In an age of polycrisis, argues leadership coach Lisa Bennett, we should spend less time trying to save the world — and focus on savoring it instead.
Neuroscience isn’t dissolving philosophy’s hardest problems — it’s forcing us to rethink where they live.
By tracking brain activity as primates move freely in the wild, neuroethology could reshape what we think we know about our own minds.
Big Think and the John Templeton Foundation gathered scientists, artists, and storytellers in Los Angeles to explore the power of awe.