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Mind and Behavior
We often laugh at inappropriate things, but not when we are emotionally invested. Laughter cannot be serious. So, can we ever laugh at death?
Should men be doing kegels?
Scuba divers often appear to be swimming through a calm and muffled universe. This couldn't be farther from the truth.
A new finding that unconsciously processed images are distributed to higher-order brain networks requires the revision of a popular theory of consciousness.
It is all too easy for humans to fall into the cognitive trap of thinking that an entity that can use language fluently is sentient or intelligent.
Long before tobacco arrived from the Americas, ancient civilizations in the Old World were getting high off hemp smoke and opium.
One might think that people who started poor and became rich might be more sensitive to the plights of the poor. Not so, suggests a new study.
Most American men who die by suicide do not have any known history of mental health problems. So, what is to blame?
Fulfillment at work isn’t about finding your passion; it’s about cultivating the relationships that create a sense of belonging.
It's the "intersection of burnout, imposter syndrome, and anxiety.”
Symbolic gestures often speak to our psyche in ways no rational action could ever speak to our intellect.
Anxieties about being identified will be superseded by fears of being analyzed.
What’s one of the most reliable indicators that a first date is going well? The answer might lie in how closely the couple is matching each other’s behavior and physiology. […]
More than 90% of human faces are home to mites that live in our skin pores. These friendly guests might be merging with us.
There is no long-term beneficial effect of medication on standardized test scores.
Success can be measured in different ways. When it hinges entirely on our careers, we fall victim to a devastating addiction.
Arguments are a normal and often healthy part of a relationship. It all depends on picking the right kind of arguments, though.
Does memory start to work only at a certain age?
Your eyes are playing tricks on you.
Research sheds light on social behavior of these mysterious predators.
Experiments cannot confirm what theory predicts about neutrinos. And particle physicists have no idea why.
Deaths of despair are skyrocketing in the U.S., while at the same time, they are falling in other wealthy countries. What are we doing wrong?
Pain makes sense from an evolutionary perspective. What's puzzling is why so many of us choose to seek out painful experiences.
John Templeton Foundation
Can we stop mass shootings? The first step is collecting data, and these authors have done just that.
Quite a lot, actually, even though it has no identifiable value as a scientific concept.
This world map shows how the rest of the world LOLs. In France, you MDR; in China, you 23333.
There’s an enormous evolutionary advantage for flamingos to stand on one leg, but genetics doesn't help. Only physics explains why.
Humans are already so integrated with technology that the dream of transhumanism is a reality. Can we handle what comes next?
If argumentation led to nothing, it would soon be thrown into the evolutionary dustbin.