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A classical equivalent to Chanel No. 5.

End of life patients face mental health challenges uniquely existential and spiritual in nature — but psychedelics are emerging as a possible solution to relieve the suffering.

There’s never been a better time to implement empathy training.

Three of our dimensions are spatial and one is temporal, but could there be more? From any point in space, you are free to move in any direction you choose. No […]

Master negotiator Chris Voss breaks down how to get what you want during negotiations.

In David Epstein’s ‘Range’, dabblers and dillettantes are ascendant.

Two new studies might have identified whether or not patients will respond to chemotherapy.

Anxious? Dr. Frankl suggested you take a different view of things.

A definition of death is surprisingly malleable, leading to complications when it comes to organ donation.

New psychological research suggests that psychopaths are attracted to others with their same disposition.

Researchers believe it’ll interweave the internet, A.I., and the human brain in a way that will create a “second self.”

But could we reverse-engineer this research to program people to give a desired response?

A new study shows how feelings of empathy can be potentially harmful to your health. 

Yale psychologist Paul Bloom suggests a bit of reason in your feeling in his new book, Against Empathy.

Oasis had it right: stop crying your heart out. Psychologist Paul Bloom argues that empathy may be working against our best interests, and that compassion may be a better strategy.

Empathy moves us, but it may move us to make an unethical decision. Conversely, says Bloom, dehumanization is not the ultimate evil we typically assume it to be.

Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Psychologist Paul Bloom wants us to abandon empathy as a guide to moral decision making. He’s probably right. 

The ranking of empathy from highest to lowest goes liberals, conservatives, libertarians. But the difference is minor, says Paul Bloom. Typically the debate isn’t all over whether or not to empathize – it’s over who to empathize with.

New studies from NYU and John Hopkins University show the effectiveness of psilocybin in treating depression and anxiety of cancer patients. 

These clinics offer shining testimonials. Yet, the technique has not been proven safe and effective.   

Your brain is the neural battleground of science and religion, with religious people and atheists differing in intelligence and empathy.  Can the two extremes reconcile?

Is it possible, how would it affect us, and would we be destroyed as a result? “There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is […]

There’s a chance the Earth will turn green, and even though there’s no such thing as a green star, perhaps someday, the Sun will, too. “‘You are a different kind […]

“If you are receptive and humble,” said Dirac, “mathematics will lead you by the hand.”

When Howard Zinn first published A People’s History of the United States in 1980, he hoped to start a “quiet revolution” in the way people viewed history. By giving voice […]

Paul Taylor is the executive vice-president of special projects at the Pew Research Center and author of the book The Next America. An expert in demographic, social and generational research, Taylor recently visited Big Think to discuss the millennial generation.

It’s hard to imagine empathy being anything but beneficial. It has become one of the most championed mental states in the neuroscience age: the ability to feel what someone else is feeling and, if all goes well, extend a hand altruistically or compassionately.

The downsides to feeling other people’s pain.

During the 1960s, four of the most famous people on Earth were collectively known as The Beatles. Most people struggle to deal with the post-fame life, but how do you […]