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There are steps we can take to create a new paradigm that will help shift society's attitude towards women in the workplace.
The pseudoscience phrenology swept the popular imagination, and its practitioners made a mint preying on prejudices, gullibility, and misinformation.
Instead of fear, his delusions bring him cheer. His psychiatrist embraces them.
Claims of a sudden infestation appear unfounded.
After my father died, my journey of rediscovery began with the Czech language.
In our competitive world, fortune does not appear to favor the humble — but a strong counter-narrative is emerging.
There are many things in life that cannot be improved with greater effort. Sometimes, life requires that you step back.
While executive function matures between 18 and 20 years of age, the brain keeps changing long afterward.
Various environmental phenomena can play tricks on our brain.
We often assume that movement means progress and that doing something is better than doing nothing. That is often not true.
We are wired to value things more when we work hard at attaining them — even if, objectively, they aren't worth that much.
"Precarious manhood" is the belief that manhood must be earned and constantly defended. It has a poor outcome.
We all have a place in our lives where we look the other way and pretend everything is fine. It's a built-in excuse to act selfishly.
Lucid dreamers may have “privileged access to their inner world,” with “heightened awareness... to the outside world.”
Katie Kermode — a memory athlete with four world records — tells Big Think about her unique spin on an ancient technique to memorize unfathomably long lists of information.
What a long strange trip it's been.
Survey data suggests that our bodily perceptions of love extend far beyond the heart.
If someone can make you feel insecure, incomplete, and inadequate, they then can present themselves as the solution you need.
A healthy lifestyle even protects those who are genetically predisposed to depression.
Intrinsic motivation cannot be imposed on a team — but you can provide the right culture for it to flourish.
Even if a leading theory of consciousness is wrong, it can still be useful to science.
Goalkeepers have an enhanced ability to integrate auditory and visual information compared to other players.
If the "self" is not real, then we are slaves to a billiard ball universe, trapped in a nihilistic nightmare in which we cannot change our fate.
John Templeton Foundation
Only about 10% of patients survive cardiac arrest. Of the ones who do, many have amazing stories to tell.
They're not just watching you; they're also calculating.
Could a theory from the science of perception help crack the mysteries of psychosis?
His crime was so great, he was not only sentenced to death but his name was to be erased from memory.
"When Harry Met Sally" lied to you.
There are issues with Kinsey's data, but his books revolutionized Americans' thinking about sex and sexuality.