Psychology and neuroscience
Mind & Matter covers psychology and neuroscience: what the evidence says about how brains work and why people do what they do, with limited patience for overclaimed studies.
Cigna's 2025 report classified 67 percent of Gen Z as lonely and 44 percent of baby boomers, but the comparison needs careful reading.
Aug 12, 2026
The feeling of understanding something after a Google search is the feature, not a flaw—and Silicon Valley knows it.
Aug 12, 2026
Tedious tasks are more likely to be delayed—but the reason may not be forgetfulness.
Aug 12, 2026
Wearables might someday catch cognitive decline early, but this small study stops well short of that promise.
Aug 12, 2026
The cognitive cost of endless scrolling may be steeper than we thought—though one study's findings about memory and fragmentation come with important caveats.
Aug 12, 2026
A celebrated remedy for emotional pain—writing about trauma to boost immunity—conflates two separate studies with different protocols and measures, while broader evidence suggests the benefits may not exist.
Aug 12, 2026
Gym memberships are a textbook case of how people systematically overestimate their own willpower, paying for visits they'll never make.
Aug 12, 2026
The popular theory that novelty slows our sense of time has less scientific support than we thought—and no proven way to actually make life feel slower.
Aug 12, 2026
Acting outgoing doesn't come naturally to introverts—but the real cost emerges only when they sustain it day after day.
Aug 12, 2026
Most people confuse wanting the prize with wanting to become the person who earns it—a distinction that separates dreamers from builders.
Aug 12, 2026
As people age, they don't lose the ability to connect—they strategically abandon shallow ties while deepening the bonds that matter most.
Aug 11, 2026
A simple shift in attention—noticing beauty instead of yourself—might ease daily distress in ways that traditional mental health metrics fail to capture.
Aug 11, 2026
The human body stubbornly refuses to sync with 16 daily sunrises, forcing astronauts into an exhausting battle between Earth time and orbital reality.
Aug 11, 2026
Practicing brain-training games sharpens your skill at those exact games, but scientists find little proof the mental gains extend to reasoning or intelligence more broadly.
Aug 11, 2026
