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Or are cults the religions we find distasteful?
AI looks like a natural and inevitable fit for business coaching — but some humans are wary. Here are the pros and cons.
The secret sauce of humor is incongruity. AI knows this as well as we do.
Neuroscientist Tali Sharot recently spoke with Big Think about a two-step method for escaping the dark sides of habits.
When all your teammates fall for "the emperor's new clothes," the results can be disastrous — here's how to bust the groupthink.
Genes are sometimes called the “blueprint of life,” but that doesn't make them the behavioral playbook.
Here's the thorny reality behind psychedelics' ability to unearth buried memories.
Here's how belief in a higher power can act like a psychological safety net.
About three out of every four people arrested in the U.S. are men. That rate is similar across the world.
After listening to the same playlist, people from the United Kingdom, the United States, and China reported feeling nearly identical bodily sensations.
What Shark Tank pitches, Sundance films, and unusual sandwiches show us about our choices.
Benjamin Breen on his greatest revelations while writing about the birth of psychedelic science.
Scientists are probing the head games that influence athletic performance, from coaching to coping with pressure.
Emotional intelligence (EI) is much more than a trending C-suite buzz phrase — it’s the anchor attribute of every great leader.
It may seem as though top performers are always on, but the secret to their success is taking the time to recharge.
Cognitive psychologist and poet Keith Holyoak explores whether artificial intelligence could ever achieve poetic authenticity.
Many still consider hypnosis more of a cheap magician’s trick than legitimate clinical medicine.
Adrie Kusserow, an anthropologist and scholar of Buddhism, shares how her study of the religion and its history has reshaped her view of the world — and herself.
The world’s workplaces are growing lonelier — but the solution requires less than you might expect.
Prolonged and repetitive tasks rewire us in profound ways – which can be a force for good at work.
Studies claiming to reveal strategies for feeling happy get a second look.
Placebo treatments don't always need to be given deceptively to have positive effects.
Psychologist Noel Brick shares the mental techniques we can use to improve our performance on and off the field.
Depression applies to individuals and businesses alike — and so does the solution.
People who score high in "obsessive passion" can become rigidly consumed by ideological causes — sometimes dangerously so.
I also can’t conjure sounds, smells, or any other kind of sensory stimulation inside my head. This is called “aphantasia.”
Parents will sometimes use children as weapons in their relationship battles — and the fallout can be devastating.
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Biology plays an important role in emotional reactions, but neuroscientist Kristen A. Lindquist posits that our culture is just as influential.
Unlikely Collaborators
Actor and science communicator Alan Alda shares his three rules of three for effective and empathic communication.