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Mind and Behavior
Easily distracted? Try a "distractibility delay."
Willpower alone likely isn't enough to replace a bad habit with a good one.
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Some astrobiologists believe life is rare, while others believe it is common in the Universe. How can we find out which view is correct?
Screens were around in previous generations, but now they truly define childhood.
Your inner voice can be the devil on your shoulder or the angel. It depends on where your focus lies.
Pseudoscience is science’s shadow.
But does Amazon know when you're tired or hungry?
One form of domestic abuse involves a parent breaking their child’s connection with the other parent.
Signals from the environment, such as those detected by your sense organs, have no inherent psychological meaning. Your brain creates the meaning.
John Templeton Foundation
The high pitches from the flute and the harp would reach your ears before the notes from the tuba and the cello.
He wear no shoeshine, he got toe-jam football...
"A cheap loan is beyond all new destiny." Does that mean anything to you?
Hoarders know their habits are abnormal, and yet they cannot help themselves. Maybe you can help them.
Drugs that stifle acute inflammation may prevent the body from healing properly.
Are psychopaths cold-blooded murderers? Not usually.
Was there an intelligent, technologically advanced species long before humans existed? Could there have been a dinosaur civilization?
It's the clitoris, stupid!
Were Hitler’s SS henchmen willing executioners fueled by racial propaganda or mindless servants vying for promotions?
The apes taught sign language didn't understand what they were doing. They were merely "aping" their caretakers.
Learning another language might make you richer, sexier, and smarter. Why not try it?
A large study links pornography use to decreased sexual performance for men and increased sexual performance for women.
All life forms, anywhere in our Universe, are chemically connected yet completely unique.
It doesn't matter how ridiculous a lie is. As long as it is repeated often enough, some people will believe it.
Instead of a mental illness, some research suggests that psychopathy — in moderation — is a reasonable life strategy.
The effects are even worse for women.