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Mind and Behavior
When maps meet stamps, you get a love child called "cartophilately."
Over time, different structures in the brain come to play unique roles in the storage and retrieval of long-term memories.
Solving difficult visual puzzles seems to help the brain "rewire" itself by forming new neural pathways.
The automated McDonald's has a staff comparable to other stores. But the crew members are all focused on making and packaging orders instead of delivering them.
The "subarachnoidal lymphatic-like membrane" helps shield and protect the brain.
5mins
How to defeat debaters who deal in distractions, according to a two-time world debate champion.
The new documentary “Make People Better” leans toward a different narrative about gene-editing than we've heard before.
When boredom creeps in, many of us turn to social media. But that may be preventing us from reaching a transformative level of boredom.
7mins
Is it better to be rational or optimistic? Steven Pinker explains.
The majority of children who stutter will spontaneously recover from it without intervention, but some 20% of people do not.
Boredom isn’t the enemy; it’s a catalyst for changing your relationship to work.
If you want to sleep more, try working less, eating better, and exercising more. Alternatively, you could emigrate to Albania.
But they're still lovable.
2023 will see an "arms race" in mixed reality hardware and software. This truly will revolutionize our society.
4mins
Why do so many cultures celebrate holidays at the same time of year?
John Templeton Foundation
It was originally recorded in the 1970s by cognitive psychologists Harry McGurk and John MacDonald.
Sharing food and kissing are among the signals babies use to interpret their social world, according to a new study.
Evolution repeatedly hit upon this solution simply because it works.
To the Greek philosopher, all of our actions ultimately aim at our own pleasure.
The concept of burnout is nothing new. But there are ways to prevent burnout and promote greater engagement with work.
3mins
Deep secrets don’t explode. They do something worse, explains Michael Slepian.
They could also "turn off" their fear.
6mins
In 1965, six boys were stranded on an island. Fifteen months later, the survivors were rescued. How many were there?
John Templeton Foundation
These five great books should prompt us to work on what needs fixing the most in the world: ourselves.
Parity tasks (such as odd and even categorisation) are considered abstract and high-level numerical concepts in humans.
3mins
Climate change. War. Civil unrest. Is it responsible to have kids today?
We are still new at this.
Sleep less, sleep less, sleep more.
"Lethal autonomous weapon" sounds friendlier than "killer robot."