Neuropsych

A new study from Oregon State University makes it clear: it’s you.

You can use these to get ahead, no matter your age.

Legislators push to keep cursive in their schools’ curricula, but experts seem split as to whether it’s necessary.

For Damien Echols, tattoos are part of his existential armor.

Even some teachers suffer from anxiety about math.

Research by neuroscientists at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory helps explain how the brain regulates arousal.

Our attention is more than just a resource. It is an experience.

Is it “perverseness,” the “death drive,” or something else?

Some experts say there’s no such thing. I choose to believe there likely is.

It works better than other memorization techniques.

How you talk to people with drug addiction might save their life.

Arranged marriages and Western romantic practices have more in common than we might think.

New research on the public’s opinion about genetically modified foods illustrates an alarming cognitive bias.

There’s a difference between having a harmonious passion and an obsessive one.

The American Psychological Association recently released guidelines for treating boys and men. Men aren’t happy about it.

Digging deeper into the mystery of the brain, soul, and consciousness.

“The best is the child in a separate room, where it then remains alone,” a bestselling Nazi-era parenting book advised.

While the first child improves parents’ mental health, a second child does not.

People’s views can change. What do we do with that?

Researchers discover whether genes or social interaction shape personality.

How mutual admiration was torn asunder by the sex drive: Freud, Jung and the schism at the heart of psychoanalysis.

The neurochemistry of working with your hands.

The secret to a calmer trip to work could be hidden in plain sight.

Psychedelics are crude drugs. Could neuroscience and super-intelligent AI help us design something better?

Just like your brain.

The study shows when the ‘Napoleon complex’ is most likely to emerge.

Three study participants described their own memories as almost completely lacking a first-person perspective or involving any sense of “re-experiencing.”

To go beyond meaning you might need a helpful phrase.

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