Behavior

These mind tricks will make you reconsider what is real

People in certain zip codes are more likely to purchase products that flop, buy homes that are poor investments and pick political candidates who lose. Christopher Intagliata reports.

The latest brain science on love and play in Scientific American Mind

Residents of an overwintering station in Antarctica provided linguists with evidence of the first small changes in speech that may signal the development of a new accent.

The Top 10 mind-boggling videos competing for first prize

It’s usually cited as showing that people will follow dubious orders under social pressure—but a more important lesson may be that some people will refuse

It’s all because of the similarities between words

Maternal stress arising from perceived racial discrimination could cause premature births and lower birth weights

Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is all the rage lately. Is it real? Is there something special about people who have it?

Judgments about the way people talk happen quickly and affect hiring decisions

James Spilker, Jr., helped create a technology that profoundly changed the world

As biracial people become increasingly common in the U.S., bias based on perceived rather than actual identity will, too