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Let’s be honest. You’re probably reading this article while avoiding something else you should be doing right now. Don’t worry—the irony isn’t lost on me. An article about procrastination becoming yet ...

When it comes to decision-making, your brain is both your best friend and your worst enemy. It’s constantly processing information, often leading you to conclusions that seem logical on the surface ...

Transforming study time from drudgery into something your brain wants to do isn’t mere wishful thinking—it’s neuroscience. Research in motivation-cognition interaction (published in Frontiers in Human ...

The NYT Brain Tickler is a uniquely challenging and entertaining puzzle from The New York Times that forces your brain beyond just the ordinary logic game. Each Brain Tickler presents a new style of ...

No matter how much we love our lives and our jobs, our daily to-do lists always include things we do not want to do, if not tons of things we don't want to do. It's perhaps the worst part of being an ...

Place cells in the hippocampus integrate signals from other brain regions to create and adapt memories of locations, shedding ...

Stories and art help us make sense of the world. Our minds catch on the patterns and echoes. They connect and grow in our imaginations. Sometimes we find flashes of understanding, but more often we’re ...