A December 2025 study of more than 30,000 older adults found that social isolation accelerated cognitive decline whether people felt lonely…
By Mind & Matter · Aug 19, 2026
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Neuroscience, psychology, and the science of how we think and act.
For decades, biologists assumed the brain's immune system replenished itself from birth, sealed off from the rest of the body by the…
By Mind & Matter · Aug 19, 2026
Psychologists have long known that empathy without enough support can turn into emotional exhaustion
By Mind & Matter · Aug 19, 2026
The human brain is so desperate to find patterns that it will reliably see faces in clouds, hear words in static, and detect meaning in…
By Kiran Journals · Aug 19, 2026
The case for regular travel is usually made in the language of bucket lists, but the evidence points to something more everyday
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 19, 2026
Jealousy feels like it is guarding the relationship, but the research suggests it is largely futile
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 19, 2026
No other animal is known to blush from embarrassment, and you can't simply fake or suppress it
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 19, 2026
A psychologist went to Arctic Norway expecting two months of winter darkness to make people miserable
By Mind & Matter · Aug 19, 2026
A 2025 study found that a partner’s willingness to protect you mattered far more to attraction than their physical strength
By Mind & Matter · Aug 18, 2026
A year is 20% of a five-year-old's life but only 2% of a 50-year-old's
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 18, 2026
For some older adults, caring for an animal may do more than add walks and routine
By Daniel Moran · Aug 18, 2026
A 2015 study found that verbal intelligence uniquely predicted both worry and rumination
By Mind & Matter · Aug 18, 2026