Mind & Behavior

Mind & Behavior

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

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Is blood the key to anti-aging, or just another lucrative biotech opportunity?
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Brain-computer interfaces could enable people with locked-in syndrome and other conditions to "speak."
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Evolutionary pressures drove the formation of tribes who encoded their values in myths and symbols. Was this cooperation cursed?
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Would you confess your crimes to a skeleton with "an unnatural ghastly glow"? One inventor thought you would.
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It’s the paradoxical observation that the more we try to process, the less we actually can.
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We commonly stereotype psychopaths as criminals, but there are probably more in upper management.
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Memory, responsibility, and mental maturity have long been difficult to describe objectively, but neuroscientists are starting to detect patterns. Coming soon to a courtroom near you?
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The dying brain experiences a surge of electrical activity. Could this help explain the mysterious phenomena of near-death experiences?
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Emotion dysregulation has been linked to unhealthy risk-taking, relationship challenges, and negative physical health outcomes.
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A recently identified stage of sleep common to narcoleptics is a fertile source of creativity.
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Meditation can put you in a wiser relationship with life.
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The replication crisis has debunked many of psychology’s fair-haired hypotheses, but for the marshmallow test, things have only become more interesting.
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The Shirky Principle states that "institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution."
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George Orwell got it right: "Never use a long word where a short one will do."
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Neuroscience is beginning to provide clues about the emergence of human consciousness.
John Templeton Foundation
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If you think everyone around you is terrible, the joke may be on you.
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The hallucinations that characterize schizophrenia may be due to a "reality threshold" that is lower than it should be.
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Maintain peace of mind during tax season by correctly filling out your W-4.
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