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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.
Nagomi helps us find balance in discord by unifying the elements of life while staying true to ourselves.
How does the mind interact with the body? Nobody really knows — but these philosophers ventured an answer.
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Educator Irshad Manji emphasizes that diversity is a fact of life, and it should be harnessed to unite society rather than divide it. Recognizing that humans tend to react defensively […]
Forget these scientific myths to better understand your brain and yourself.
What do Remus Lupin, Katniss Evergreen, William Wordsworth, and Usain Bolt all have in common?
Journaling helped Marcus Aurelius cultivate the emotional intelligence necessary to steer Rome through turbulent times.
“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve."
One hypothesis: "gossip traps."
Though Sun Tzu’s "The Art of War" is a classic military treatise, its advice applies to all manner of conflict.
A study shows that the brains of lonely individuals respond in odd ways to visual stimuli, while those of non-lonely people react similarly.
To understand Vincent van Gogh, we must first debunk the myth of the tortured artist. Van Gogh believed his illness inhibited his creativity.
You can’t spot a liar just by looking — but psychologists are zeroing in on methods that might actually work.
If you look into a mirror, you'll notice that left-and-right are reversed, but up-and-down is preserved. The reason isn't what you think.
From consciousness to nothingness and beyond, these questions still baffle the brightest minds. Will they ever be solved?
"You gotta know when to fold 'em."
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Why the best negotiators are nice, not tough.
A recent study is the first to fabricate electronic components from endogenous molecules.
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How America became a fragile nation — and how it can get its resilience back.
It’s a lot easier to point out things that are gezellig (adjective) than it is to define gezelligheid (noun) itself.