Many soldiers' cases of post-traumatic stress disorder may in fact stem from troubled civilian life
By Wray Herbert | Nov 21, 2012 | 6
Certain types of fidgeting give away a person's trustworthiness
By Wray Herbert | Aug 23, 2012 | 4
How we can train elderly drivers to be safer
By Wray Herbert | Jun 25, 2012 | 7
Why we tend to predict rosy times ahead
By Wray Herbert | May 12, 2012 | 3
When to engage with negative feelings and when to ignore them
By Wray Herbert | Mar 7, 2012 | 4
Our dueling existential minds influence our beliefs and behaviors in different ways
By Wray Herbert | Feb 6, 2012 | 7
One genetic variant leads to the best and worst outcomes in kids
By Wray Herbert | Nov 22, 2011 | 8
Fibbing is tough on the brain. New strategies expose liars by adding to the load
By Wray Herbert | Sep 27, 2011 | 14
By Wray Herbert | Aug 22, 2011 | 3
The difficulty of a task stretches out our perception of time
By Wray Herbert | May 10, 2011 | 2
Our mental maps of risk and safety rely too heavily on imaginary boundaries
By Wray Herbert | Feb 21, 2011 | 5
How imagining a different past increases our appreciation for the present
By Wray Herbert | Jan 17, 2011 | 2
Scientists have long thought that delayed gratification requires a sense of self, but experiments with dogs show otherwise
By Wray Herbert | Nov 2, 2010 | 3
Polishing your self-image with counterfeit goods may lead to lying, cheating and cynicism
By Wray Herbert | Aug 23, 2010 | 59
Setting your mind on a goal may be counterproductive. Instead think of the future as an open question
By Wray Herbert | Jul 26, 2010 | 22
When women approach men instead of vice versa, the gender difference in selectivity disappears
By Wray Herbert | Apr 12, 2010 | 9
We think of people with autism as having a deficit in cognitive processing—but their distractibility could also result from having enhanced perceptual capabilities
By Wray Herbert | Mar 16, 2010 | 15
Even films that are historically inaccurate can be a valuable teaching tool
By Wray Herbert | Dec 30, 2009 | 10
Ancient fears of filth and contagion may explain why we think of morality in black and white
By Wray Herbert | Nov 9, 2009 | 21
Learning to categorize the life on our planet is surprisingly difficult for the human mind
By Wray Herbert | Sep 8, 2009 | 5
We admire self-discipline, but could too much control be a bad thing?
By Wray Herbert | Aug 8, 2009 | 17
An explanation for synchronous swimming and other group rituals
By Wray Herbert | Mar 30, 2009 | 2
Exercise routine. Gourmet cooking. If it's easy to read about, it must be a cinch to do
By Wray Herbert | Feb 19, 2009 | 7
Some of us prefer the tried and true, and others search high and low for novelty. Why?
By Wray Herbert | Dec 19, 2008 | 1
Language has many layers of meaning. When and how do we grasp them?
By Wray Herbert | Nov 3, 2008 | 1
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