Psychology suggests people who browse social media but never post or comment aren't passive
By Brendan Brown · Aug 5, 2026
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Neuroscience, psychology, and the science of how we think and act.
Anhedonia and low mood are measured separately, and they do not always improve at the same rate
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People with broad vocabularies often score higher on intelligence tests, but no word can identify a smart person
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 4, 2026
Intelligent people can still be surprisingly bad at knowing when they are wrong, because solving a problem and judging the reliability of…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 4, 2026
Research suggests people who handwrite lists and people who use phone apps process their entire day differently
By Brendan Brown · Aug 4, 2026
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…
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…
Aug 4, 2026
Eat the fartons, skip the small talk: the same rule that keeps you from wasting a dessert can keep you from wasting a friendship
By Nato Lagidze · Aug 4, 2026
The quality we call class lines up with something researchers have a name for
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
The English words "cow," "pig," and "sheep" come from Anglo-Saxon
By Daniel Moran · Aug 3, 2026