Mind and Behavior

Mind and Behavior

We are not yet at the point where quantum communications can be deployed to secure the internet, but we might not be far off. 
If you believe that you're perfect, then somebody else must be responsible for your failures.
Psychologists are exploring this creepy feeling of having already lived through an experience before.
After 70 years, "The Power of Positive Thinking" remains incredibly popular, even though its critics find the book to be mostly fluff.
Between 30% and 50% of the US population says they believe in ghosts.
You don’t need to ride into the danger zone to take advantage of TOPGUN’s life and career lessons.
The same brain differences that contribute to left-handedness also contribute to psychotic disorders. But there's a bright side.
Many animals engage in “zoopharmacognosy” or self-medication.
It might seem petty and shallow to get upset over a bad gift, but there's often a deeper reason behind the feeling.
One award was for a medical procedure that incapacitated thousands of people.
brain zapping
The DARPA-funded memory prosthesis helps the brain retain new information.
The findings of a recent study may help explain why some people are quicker to forget fearful memories.
Annie Ernaux
Many were expecting extremism survivor and free speech advocate Salman Rushdie to take home the Nobel Prize in Literature, but Annie Ernaux beat him to it.
Einstein always loses in the quantum realm.
Japan just opened to tourists for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, echoing the island country’s isolationist policies during the feudal era.
It turns out it's hard to make work at an Amazon warehouse fun.
Fiona Broome remembered Nelson Mandela dying in prison in the 1980s (he didn't). Oddly, many people had the same false memory.
The idea that we're happier at the beginning and end of our lives is really just a comforting myth.
The key to curbing sugar intake may lie in the gut rather than our tastebuds.
Based on product labeling claims, scientists hypothesized that green cleaners were less toxic. They were wrong.
A key question is how to keep that relief going without relying solely on repeated ketamine infusions.
acne
People living in non-industrialized societies don't get pimples.