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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.
From bondage to freedom: Baruch Spinoza’s guide to the rational life.
A paradigm should be elastic enough to accommodate new data and broad enough to explain the world. For Rupert Sheldrake, ours does neither.
Having a vision isn’t enough to be an effective leader.
Neuroscience supports the notion that mindfulness and meditation should become essential assets in our workspaces.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
"Nobody expects a computer simulation of a hurricane to generate real wind and real rain," writes neuroscientist Anil Seth.
Many, from neuroscientists to philosophers to anesthesiologists, have claimed to understand consciousness. Do physicists? Does anyone?
Harness the power of “respectful engagement” to make sure everyone in your team feels like they matter.
Curiosity is often considered a personality quirk. Neuroscience paints a different picture.
Nurture your passions instead.
A.J. Jacobs looks back at what he learned about religion, himself, and modern American culture during “The Year of Living Biblically.”
In nature, business, and life, survival doesn’t belong to the optimized — it belongs to those with a built-in buffer.
Want to know how to handle work-life pressure? Big Think asked Warfare co-directors Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza.
Locked inside their minds, thousands await a cure. Neuroscientist Daniel Toker is racing to find it.
Grandmasters and drug dealers have one thing in common: They are many steps ahead of their rivals.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
"Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms, like books written in a truly foreign language."
Barry Ritholtz — market commentator, founder of Ritholtz Wealth Management, and podcast host — shares what really trips investors up.
Surprisingly, multimodal large language models struggle to read time on analog clocks.