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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.
Dark personality traits include psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism. Is there room for empathy?
Outrage is a useful emotion that helped our ancient ancestors survive. Today, it leaves us feeling angry, tired, powerless, and miserable.
Nostalgia is a happy remembrance of the past, yet it also leaves us feeling sad. Perhaps ironically, it can serve as a painkiller.
Discussions of human evolution are usually backward looking, as if the greatest triumphs and challenges were in the distant past.
“At that time, it was just a wild idea, […] that instead of just a loss of consciousness, anesthetics may do something to the brain that actually turns pain off.”
Zuranolone might help people feel better sooner than if they were relying on standard treatment alone.
Two aspects of memory – fast updating and long lasting – are typically considered incompatible, yet the insects combined them.
3mins
Why studying happiness is good for your “psychological immune system,” explained by Harvard “happiness professor” Tal Ben-Sharar.
Do the health risks outweigh the benefits?
Too many people still view stay-at-home dads as feckless deadbeats, but their acceptance is an important step toward gender equality.
The human brain is only the latest chapter in the ancient story of thinking on Earth.
A ten-minute visit from a therapy dog reduces emergency room patients' pain and anxiety.
Executive coaching is a forward-thinking investment in leadership that can empower high-potential individuals to achieve greater success.
The very concept of a "problem with no solution" goes against human nature. But we must accept this harsh reality to have peace in our lives.
“What am I missing?” is a question that journalist Mónica Guzmán thinks more people should start asking.
8mins
IQ tests only measure two of the eight intelligences. Howard Gardner explains them all.
John Templeton Foundation
MIT neuroscientists have identified a population of neurons in the human brain that respond to singing but not other types of music.
When actual people correct misinformation online, it can be as effective, if not more so, as when a social media company labels something as questionable.
Think therapy is self-centered? Think again.
Lessons from child development research teach us how we learn to trust others.