Neuroscience
How the Brain Tells Apart Important and Unimportant Sensations
Several recent studies point to a small, long-overlooked structure in the brain stem as a crucial gatekeeper for the body’s signals
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Psychology
The Dark Side of Collaboration
People working together often scheme to put profits ahead of telling the truth. New research points to ways to stop this behavior
Psychology
To Fight Bias, Consider Highlighting Your Race or Gender
When networking, women and people in racial and ethnic minority groups can benefit from calling out their identity
Mental Health
Your Kid Is Probably Not an ‘Orchid’ or a ‘Dandelion’—But Could Be Both
Most children have a unique profile of both sensitivity and resilience to outside pressures, responding with different degrees of vulnerability to difficult or beneficial circumstances
Creativity
Cowboy Culture Doesn’t Have a Monopoly on Innovation
Despite stereotypes that suggest self-reliant values lead to the most innovations, group-centered societies have just as much creativity
Cognition
People Who Jump to Conclusions Show Other Kinds of Thinking Errors
Belief in conspiracy theories and overconfidence are two tendencies linked to hasty thinking
Psychology
Why Kids Are Afraid to Ask for Help
Children as young as seven years old may hesitate to ask questions in school because they worry classmates will think they are “stupid”
Psychology
Most of Us Combine Personality Traits from Different Genders
New research underscores that almost everyone’s personality blends “more often seen in men” and “more often seen in women” characteristics
Psychology
New Year’s Resolutions Are Notoriously Slippery, but Science Can Help You Keep Them
You can change your behavior in lasting ways by changing how you frame your situation, explains behavioral scientist Ayelet Fishbach in her new book
Behavior
Why the Secrets You Keep Are Hurting You
It may not be what you think
