Compared with younger adults, older adults' language networks showed no detectable difference in how closely they matched a normative…
Sep 4, 2026
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Neuroscience, psychology, and the science of how we think and act.
Sustained concentration eventually produces fatigue, and deliberate breaks can restore energy and attention
Sep 4, 2026
France imports hundreds of millions of litres of Spanish wine each year despite producing oceans of its own
By Daniel Moran · Sep 3, 2026
Americans partly owe today’s tipping culture to Prohibition
By Daniel Moran · Sep 3, 2026
Appearances can be deceiving: the psychology of why we misjudge people in a tenth of a second
Sep 3, 2026
Facial symmetry was long considered an important ingredient of attractiveness—but a 2024 analysis of 1,550 faces across ten countries found…
Sep 3, 2026
A 2025 study tracking more than 1,600 adults found that feeling optimistic and energised predicted stronger self-control one to six months…
Sep 3, 2026
The brain’s adolescent-like wiring phase may continue until the early thirties
Sep 2, 2026
A Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon survey of 319 knowledge workers found that the more confidence people placed in AI’s ability to…
Sep 2, 2026
Thought of the day from Stoic philosopher Epictetus: "no man can rob us of our free will"
Sep 2, 2026
People who carry little regret share two habits: they decide by their values and forgive their own mistakes
Sep 2, 2026
Too old to learn something new? The evidence says otherwise, and the belief itself is part of the problem
Sep 2, 2026