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Mind and Behavior
Your inner voice can be the devil on your shoulder or the angel. It depends on where your focus lies.
There’s a psychological reason you haven’t created healthier habits in your life.
John Templeton Foundation
6mins
Half our day is spent not living in the moment. Here’s how to change that.
Pseudoscience is science’s shadow.
But does Amazon know when you're tired or hungry?
Habit-forming rituals are subconsciously controlling your life. Here’s how to master them.
John Templeton Foundation
One form of domestic abuse involves a parent breaking their child’s connection with the other parent.
Signals from the environment, such as those detected by your sense organs, have no inherent psychological meaning. Your brain creates the meaning.
John Templeton Foundation
"I believe our society's gotten to the point where you can't question. You can't provoke. You just have to adhere to consensus."
Stand Together
The high pitches from the flute and the harp would reach your ears before the notes from the tuba and the cello.
He wear no shoeshine, he got toe-jam football...
"A cheap loan is beyond all new destiny." Does that mean anything to you?
Hoarders know their habits are abnormal, and yet they cannot help themselves. Maybe you can help them.
Drugs that stifle acute inflammation may prevent the body from healing properly.
Are psychopaths cold-blooded murderers? Not usually.
Experiences that put you in a state of flow are shown to override PTSD and heartbreak.
Was there an intelligent, technologically advanced species long before humans existed? Could there have been a dinosaur civilization?
It's the clitoris, stupid!
3mins
Former Harvard professor and best-selling author Todd Rose explains the problem with prestigious colleges and how the future of higher ed could be bright.
Stand Together
Were Hitler’s SS henchmen willing executioners fueled by racial propaganda or mindless servants vying for promotions?
The apes taught sign language didn't understand what they were doing. They were merely "aping" their caretakers.
Learning another language might make you richer, sexier, and smarter. Why not try it?
A large study links pornography use to decreased sexual performance for men and increased sexual performance for women.
Best-selling author Todd Rose reveals how most Americans share common aspirations for the country.
Stand Together
All life forms, anywhere in our Universe, are chemically connected yet completely unique.
It doesn't matter how ridiculous a lie is. As long as it is repeated often enough, some people will believe it.
Instead of a mental illness, some research suggests that psychopathy — in moderation — is a reasonable life strategy.