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The key to happiness is being less optimistic and accepting a certain amount of unhappiness.

Improve your reading speed and comprehension with proven tactics gathered from experts in the field.

The actor’s greatest heroes exhibited humility in their actions, a view he tries to emulate.

When you struggle with anxiety or depression, sex may be the last thing on your mind. But understanding the physiological and mental benefits of a healthy sex life can help it become a tool for well-being.

What is the hive mind? Turns out there are antisocial and prosocial dimensions to it.

What areas of the brain are activated when you feel a cosmic connection with someone?

The idea of ‘absolute time’ is an illusion. Physics and subjective experience reveal why.

Next up on the top 10 countdown, Big Think’s sixth most popular video illustrates the mental fireworks of a psychedelic experience.

The countdown continues! In this video, comedian Pete Holmes likens depression to quicksand and provides a method to help you cope and with it.

The countdown is on for our top 10 videos of the year! Want to be smarter than you were yesterday? This video will teach you to have better conversations using 3 key design principles.

Our most talked-about video of 2019 features a lesson in nonsensical thinking from none other than Michio Kaku.

Expert opinions matter, especially when their knowledge is continuously refined by critical analysis.

Is it acceptable to write a story from the perspective of someone who is completely unlike you?

The internet has given us the opportunity to stay informed better than ever. It’s also given us the ability to misinform ourselves — delude ourselves — beyond belief.

A new study finds that societies use the same acoustic features for the same types of songs, suggesting universal cognitive mechanisms underpinning world music.

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Throughout history, we find knowledge that can’t possibly be documented, but still it exists.

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If the materialistic view alone can’t explain the mind, then what?

A newly studied hallucinogenic substance has shown signs of treating mental health conditions more efficiently than psilocybin.

Learn to level up your thinking on how you perceive reality.

When the protection of academic freedom is compromised, scholarship and greater society suffer the effects.

Are we born with self-control? Or does context change our behavior?

Groundbreaking neurological research on songbirds provides insight on human learned behavior and speech.

Michio Kaku explains the three main sections of the human brain and the trait that he believes to be a key indicator of success in life.

When it comes to scientific theory, (or your personal life) be sure to question everything.

Conventional wisdom believes “screen time” disrupts mental development, but research hints at a more complicated relationship between our minds and digital technology.

Before you judge someone’s personality based in their playlist, you may want to read the results of this study.

What’s your “stress mindset”?