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Mind and Behavior
A small, Seattle-based study will look to see if the psychedelic can alleviate the pandemic’s mental health impact.
Or you might just be a Leo.
People can lose their authentic selves when they don't honestly confront life's potential, according to the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.
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Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates. Lamborghini vs. Ferrari. What can the most famous rivalries teach us about human nature?
It's that time of year when the hours of meticulous wrapping of Christmas toys are viciously undone in seconds by tiny children.
Just as storylines make sense only when you have the context of the beginning and the end, listeners need to understand the impetus for why the album was even made.
A placebo-controlled study found that oxytocin seems to significantly reduce romantic jealousy among people in intimate relationships.
Life arose on Earth very early on. After a few billion years, here we are: intelligent and technologically advanced. Where's everyone else?
Harnessing the power of emotional intelligence in the workplace can improve both employee and operational performance.
Successful constructive criticism is as much about mindset as methods.
Personality is not set in stone. If you don’t like some aspect of it, you can work to change it — "fake it till you make it."
Many of the furniture giant’s products are named after Swedish locations. Not everyone is happy about that.
The AI remembers that you are 32 years old and like to eat sushi, except on Thursdays.
Experiencing too much pleasure and not enough pain may yield counterintuitive consequences.
Do your kids a favor and give them the gift of philosophy this Christmas.
In spreading politics, videos may not be much more persuasive than their text-based counterparts.
The metaverse has the potential to be revolutionary, for both good and bad. Here is how we can maximize the former and prevent the latter.
Evolutionary game theory could tip the advantage to medicine.
Immune booster or pure torture?
The most technically impressive feats of animation often strike us as eerie instead of impressive, and it’s all thanks to the uncanny valley.
Our brains might be flooded with the hallucinogen DMT as we die, leading to vivid dreams.
Today, every Homo species is extinct besides humans. But one of our close evolutionary relatives still lives on in our DNA.
Think leisure is pointless?
As the saying goes: “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional”.
No matter how hard we try, we will never reach a final theory that unifies scientific knowledge. The very nature of science doesn't allow it.
In tough competitions, men tend to give up early when they feel a low sense of control. Testosterone eradicates that effect.
The results of a recent study suggest that some clinicians might be failing to explore other causes when treating gender dysphoria.
What value does wit hold in genres defined by brute strength?