Behavior

Most of us have experienced deja vu—that sensation when new events feel eerily familiar. Could this "glitch in the Matrix" be a brain short-circuit?

My father is an infectious disease physician in New York City. He needs to do his job, so for our own safety, he can no longer live with the family

Our extreme responses to COVID-19 have revealed an underlying societal vulnerability that is more concerning than the virus itself

Programs aimed at making workplaces more inclusive are showing signs of success

We tried to reproduce our 2012 paper on how to make people report their income more honestly—and we ended up refuting it

The pandemic is putting enormous stress on all of us but especially on health care workers and other specific groups

That’s the wrong way to think about them

The goal is to identify the best means of encouraging individuals to change the way they live. Young people may need more convincing

In the 20th century’s middle decades, the first recipient of phalloplasty surgery fought to be recognized as a man

Recent events make it clear that it couldn’t hurt to elect someone who applies the scientific method to thinking and decision-making

Making advice seem “random” reduces resistance, a study shows

Those black-and-white squares can help us understand how memory works