Neuropsych
All Stories
It feels crazy good when someone is excited to see you. Give that gift to your family every day – but especially on Valentine’s day.
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A study on the effects of LSD microdosing shows some fittingly strange results.
Want to make safer investments? Pay attention to the music playing in the background.
The Buddha’s teachings seem to be on point.
Psilocybin doesn’t just make you trip; it can have lasting effects on how you see the world.
Who you let into your mental space matters.
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Boy, girl: the pain is the same.
Beef, salt, and water is all the Canadian professor eats. Is that sustainable?
A new study takes a fresh look at the mechanics of forming habits.
What’s the role of evil in storytelling?
Thoughtful advice on how to manage a volatile market.
Need to reduce your stress? Try thinking of the face of your better half.
What strategies do you use to push through a tough challenge, be it a run on a treadmill or a stressful phone call with your boss? Perhaps you remind yourself […]
Almost 200 cognitive biases rule our everyday thinking. A new codex boils them down to 4.
The Canadian professor has an extensive collection posted on his site.
Sometimes doing nothing means everything.
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.
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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.
