Tricks Of The Mind

Seasonal mood changes are a real thing. And they do have a biological cause.

Our brains judge time indirectly, mostly through two processes—attention and memory.

Fight or flight: the gut-brain connection.

Scientists have measured cortisol levels in the saliva of people pre and post entering a museum, and saw it significantly lowered!

This is how your brain can predict the future.

Why reading or watching bad news first thing in the morning is so bad for you.

That enhance the chance of our offspring’s survival?

An interesting paradox.

Just how did this rude and self-centered interviewer behavior develop?

Your mom was right.

But only in doses?

How Ouija boards work. (Hint: It’s not ghosts.)

Enough with the pressure to constantly be joyful.

Making optimists the luckiest people of all?

Helps explain Trump supporters.

When you’re in love with someone, you are literally addicted to the release of beta-endorphin.

The incredible power of language.

Howard Schultz of Starbucks grew up in a housing project. And Rockefeller’s father was a con man and often absent.

Exercising your skeletal muscles clears your bloodstream from a substance that can cause mental health problems.

As we get older, certain parts of our brain shrink, making us less inhibited.

Hear from Zimbardo as he defends himself.

But not coffee ?

7 clever ‘psycho’ tricks that really help you in the office.

Textbooks need to catch up.

The jury may still be out on this one.