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When we satisfy our curiosity, the brain has a particular way of rewarding us.
Are some of us simple destined for unhappiness?
Research reminds us that mild cognitive impairment isn’t necessarily a prelude to dementia.
Family relationships are on many people’s minds during the holiday season as sounds and images of happy family celebrations dominate the media. Anyone whose experiences don’t live up to the holiday […]
For relatives who live far apart, holiday rituals may be the glue that holds the family together.
Or you might just be a Leo.
A placebo-controlled study found that oxytocin seems to significantly reduce romantic jealousy among people in intimate relationships.
The number of people with whom we interact is highest around 40, but then things change substantially after that.
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.”
Memory errors may actually indicate a way in which the human cognitive system is “optimal” or “rational.”
In spreading politics, videos may not be much more persuasive than their text-based counterparts.
Our brains might be flooded with the hallucinogen DMT as we die, leading to vivid dreams.
Think leisure is pointless?
As the saying goes: “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional”.
In tough competitions, men tend to give up early when they feel a low sense of control. Testosterone eradicates that effect.
The human brain makes a striking deviation from the normal building plan.
Why does hearing sad music feel so good?
When we are more focused on the good things we enjoy in life, we have more to live for.
The internet has made it easier than ever to keep in touch with our exes. For people in relationships, that can cause problems.
Scientists want to use dream hacking devices to improve your creativity and memory.
Research shows that psilocybin leads people away from materialism and toward transcendentalism. Apparently, mushrooms teach metaphysics.
Music therapy might boost memory, but the benefits are small. Just in case, tell your grandparents to listen to their favorite 1960s tunes.
Like it or not, we are the descendants of busybodies.
Communication with home will be difficult on long-haul space flights. The longer this isolation goes on, the more detached a crew becomes.
Does the voice in your head castigate the voice coming out of a recording device?
A recent study illuminated surprising differences in how men and women seek help when struggling with relationships.
Our social instincts can lead us to adopt models of desire that might not serve our interests.
We seem to be wired to calculate not the shortest path but the “pointiest” one, facing us toward our destination as much as possible.
Our moral attitudes about sex and drugs share a genetic basis, suggests a recent study that examined the attitudes of more than 5,000 twins.