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Locked inside their minds, thousands await a cure. Neuroscientist Daniel Toker is racing to find it.
A look inside Mindstate Design Labs’ effort to design drugs that reliably produce specific states of mind.
Our brains cling to the bad. This method could help balance the scales.
When your life’s truth and the reality you live become out of sync, you risk falling into an “anxiety spiral.”
“Personality isn’t based on what we say we’ll do. It’s rooted in what we actually do, which becomes what we think about.”
Memory takes effort, and our brains know it.
When plans fall apart, adaptability can build something better.
Delirium is one of the most perplexing deathbed phenomena, exposing the gap between our cultural ideals of dying words and the reality of a disoriented mind.
Ethan Kross, psychologist and author of “Shift,” explains how negative emotions help us live safely and well.
“The amount of interest is enormous,” says anesthesiologist Boris Heifets. “People are dropping in and coming out of the woodwork, trying to understand how to do this.”
People who’ve never been partnered tend to be less extraverted, less conscientious, and more neurotic.
New research is uncovering why we eat first with our expectations.
From King Midas to Gordon Gekko, humanity has struggled to grasp greed’s true nature.
Hawking’s refusal to upgrade his communication system preserved a voice that became iconic, not just for its sound, but for the profound identity it conveyed.
“Okay, dad, but GMOs help feed the world.”
The biases that shape our understanding of the mind.
Participants’ brains revealed they were doing a kind of “neural replay” of the game they had been manipulated to win.
When appraising human behavior, people tend to forgo the lessons of psychology in favor of assumption and anecdote.
The psychology of people who cut off all communication—and how that affects their partners.
When it comes to behavior, genetics may play a larger role than you think.
Listen, set boundaries, and point them where to go.
The color of the shirt you’re wearing right now depends on many factors, from your eye shape to what language you speak.
Scientists have created a magnificent portrait of every connection among neurons in a fruit fly’s brain.
In his latest book, Malcolm Gladwell explores a strange phenomenon of group dynamics.
“I am free. It’s a lot of effort to be free from the prison that is in your mind, and the key is in your pocket.” – Edith Eva Eger
“The primary way that people make friends is through institutions.”
Plenty of parents feel guilty about wanting to skip playtime, but there’s no need.
Changing the narrative on false memories might be surprisingly simple.
Research suggests curiosity triggers parts of the brain associated with anticipation, making answers more rewarding once discovered.
New evidence suggests the corvid family has surprising mental abilities.