People who are genuinely comfortable being alone aren’t antisocial or disconnected— solitude may simply be the first place they stopped…
By Jeanette Brown · Aug 13, 2026
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Neuroscience, psychology, and the science of how we think and act.
Two people can spend exactly the same amount of time alone and experience it completely differently
By Mind & Matter · Aug 13, 2026
A 2025 Scientific Reports meta-analysis covering nearly 5,000 participants found social media abstinence produced no significant change in…
By Mind & Matter · Aug 13, 2026
Darwin spent part of almost every day walking his secluded “Thinking Path” at Down House, turning ideas over in his mind
By Mind & Matter · Aug 13, 2026
When psychologist Daniel Goleman asked an AI system whether it experiences emotion, it told him it has 'no racing heart, no tightening…
By Nato Lagidze · Aug 12, 2026
Being seen as low-maintenance does not guarantee reciprocal connection in later life
By Mind & Matter · Aug 12, 2026
Gen Z reports the highest loneliness rate of any generation at 67%
By Mind & Matter · Aug 12, 2026
Two large meta-analyses linked loneliness and weaker social connection with higher mortality risk, without proving causation
By Daniel Moran · Aug 12, 2026
Boredom may make intended tasks easier to postpone and leave undone, but a 30-day diary study could not show that people literally forgot…
By Mind & Matter · Aug 12, 2026
Your phone and smartwatch may one day reveal cognitive changes before you notice them yourself, but an 82-person study did not test…
By Mind & Matter · Aug 12, 2026
Short-form videos may make newly learned information harder to remember, but the experiment tested fragmented travel clips rather than…
By Mind & Matter · Aug 12, 2026
The famous 15-minute expressive-writing study did not measure immunity
By Mind & Matter · Aug 12, 2026