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Mind and Behavior
Within the "Dark Triad" of personality traits, narcissism exists on a confidence spectrum.
Ev Fedorenko’s Interesting Brains Project highlights the human brain’s remarkable capacity to adapt, reorganize in the face of early damage.
This is your brain on work.
"Of course, the spleen is the biggest organ in the body."
Extreme home environments — either very supportive or harshly negligent — tend to produce more sensitive kids.
Scientists are still figuring out why tirzepatide causes weight loss. One theory is that they “accidentally” created a new hormone.
“We are biologically programmed to have empathy. It’s something we can’t suppress.”
Only humans can voluntarily conjure new objects and events in our minds.
Lonely humans will become infatuated with AI-fabricated personas.
To keep up with the pace of change, organizations that haven’t already can benefit greatly from exploring skills-based training.
Research shows that spending more time on social media is associated with body image issues in boys and young men.
A healthy endocannabinoid system is critical to the human body’s immune functions.
Studies show talk therapy works, but experts disagree about how it does so. Finding the answer could help professionals and patients.
While ticker tape synesthesia was first identified in the 1880s, new research looks at this unique phenomenon — and what it means for language comprehension.
In a state of "hyperwar," accidents or unexpected AI decisions could lead to widespread devastation before humans could intervene.
There's a link between dark personality traits and breaches of battlefield ethics.
It may be an advantage in some contexts.
Research shows how "dark" Brett Martinpersonality traits affect Bitcoin enthusiasm.
Would you want to live in any of these places?
Intellectual humility demands that we examine our motivations for holding certain beliefs.
John Templeton Foundation
Money shame is more common than you might think.
Million Stories
Though ultimately incorrect, the ancient Greek philosophers blazed a conceptual trail for humankind to understand the nature of reality.
Anyone can have a bad day at work, but not everyone scores this high on narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism.
If you lost your religion, it might be because the internet and social media are having a secularizing effect on American society.
Human thinking is antiquated.
"I am an anthropologist, and for years, I have spoken to people who have had these experiences."
John Templeton Foundation
Risk-taking isn't inherently bad: It tends to build self-confidence when things work out, and resilience when they don’t.
Million Stories