Research suggests people who handwrite lists and people who use phone apps process their entire day differently
By Brendan Brown · Aug 4, 2026
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Neuroscience, psychology, and the science of how we think and act.
The internet treats returning your shopping cart as the ultimate test of character, but the psychology of small unwatched good deeds says…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 4, 2026
A 2005 study found that people given fewer design materials to work with produced more original solutions than people given a wider…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 4, 2026
A 2010 study found that imagining a plan has already failed, in the past tense, reduced participants' overconfidence by roughly 25 points…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 4, 2026
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By Nato Lagidze · Aug 4, 2026
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By Lachlan Brown · Aug 3, 2026
Scientists found that during a lucid dream, the sleeping brain's prefrontal cortex
By Daniel Moran · Aug 3, 2026
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By Daniel Moran · Aug 3, 2026
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By Jeanette Brown · Aug 3, 2026
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By Brendan Brown · Aug 3, 2026
What makes someone attractive is far less fixed than we assume
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 3, 2026
The size of a person's vocabulary is one of the best single predictors of their general intelligence, not because big words make anyone…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 3, 2026