
Find the Perfect Game to Play with This Interactive Quiz
From board games to solo puzzles to fantastical escapes to tricks for running faster, find a game for every mood
Find the Perfect Game to Play with This Interactive Quiz
From board games to solo puzzles to fantastical escapes to tricks for running faster, find a game for every mood
See Why Everyone Gets the Monty Hall Puzzle Wrong
How to finally wrap your mind around the uniquely counterintuitive Monty Hall dilemma
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How Game Designers Secretly Run Your Life
Games have captivated people since ancient times. Now they run our lives
Sex and Gender Map onto Different Brain Networks in Children
A preliminary study suggests that sex and gender are represented differently in the brain
Young Adulthood Is No Longer One of Life’s Happiest Times
The U-shaped curve that pegged youth and old age as the happiest times of life has changed
How to Reconnect with Old Friends Who Have Become Strangers
People are reluctant to reach out to friends they have lost touch with—but both sides are gratified when they reconnect
We Indulged Our Child During COVID Lockdown. Did That Change Him?
During the lockdown phase of the COVID pandemic, we indulged our toddler son. Years later, we wonder if his current behavior is normal or a result of that early isolation
Phantom Costs Explain Why Some Deals Seem ‘Too Good to Be True’
Fear of phantom costs pushes us to avoid “free money” or “too good to be true” offers
Not Everyone Has an Inner Voice Streaming through Their Head
The extent to which people experience “inner speech” varies greatly, and the differences matter for performing certain cognitive tasks
From Diagnosing Brain Disorders to Cognitive Enhancement, 100 Years of EEG Have Transformed Neuroscience
The EEG has shaped researchers’ understanding of cognition for everything from perception to memory
Summertime Sadness Could Be a Type of Seasonal Affective Disorder
Heat and mood are closely linked, which may explain summertime depression—and how to treat it
Is a Drug Even Needed to Induce a Psychedelic Experience?
A Stanford anesthesiologist deconstructs the component parts of what it means to undergo a psychedelic trip