Mind & Behavior

Mind & Behavior

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

A woman with a music personality enjoying a record player on a couch.
Musical preferences are correlated with personality traits — and these connections are largely consistent across cultures and continents.
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Individuals and organizations can maintain a strong and enduring identity by repeatedly remaking themselves.
Sweet, bitter, salty, sour. These are the four basic tastes we were taught in grade school. But there is a fifth: umami. And it's everywhere.
The head of an onion is shown on a black background.
Jung thought these autonomous entities live in your unconscious mind — often at a cost.
A football player running.
Football is a risky sport, but bicycling to work is far more dangerous.
An orange-robed monk practicing mindfulness on a stone wall.
Is mindfulness really the panacea it's touted to be, or are we glossing over some fundamental flaws?
A fractal image of an orange and yellow flower.
A relatively new interpretation of quantum mechanics asks us to reimagine the process of science itself.
A man is holding up a small device for seizure detection.
Subtle clues emerge ahead of the attack via changes in scent.
An illustration of a light bulb with chess pieces around it.
Research consistently points to a set of leadership skills that are high-impact, difficult to develop, and not easily replicated by technology.
An elderly woman sitting on a chair and talking on the phone.
Interventions can make the most difference when Alzheimer’s is detected early.
A girl in a blue jacket raises her hand in class, demonstrating language proficiency and recall.
Language influences how you visually process the world, which in turn influences your memory of it.
Two men sitting in an orange jail cell.
Simple "nudges" to remind people to show up for court could help keep thousands out of jail.
Today's popular weight-loss drugs could soon be joined by brain stimulation and gene therapies.
Bruce Lee executing a pain-free kick in a bedroom.
There’s really only one mistake you can make: continue doing the same thing you already know is hurting you and expect a different result.
Moody pregnancy shot.
Medical psychologist Catherine Monk explains how prenatal mental care benefits both mothers and babies.
A monkey engaging in gene therapy.
"They decreased their drinking to the point that it was so low we didn’t record a blood-alcohol level."
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If you see life as only a source of suffering and misery, why bring anyone else into that? This belief, called anti-natalism, is on the rise.