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People sometimes prefer burning hot pain to thinking too hard
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Thinking hard is a pain.
Does your personality change as you get older?
By Isobel Whitcomb published
Personality isn't fixed
How the brain builds a sense of self
By Sam Ereira published
We don't just copy the behavior of people around us. We also copy their minds.
What is the Dunning-Kruger effect?
By Greg Uyeno published
When we don't know enough to know what we don't know.
Why do some men take so long to poop?
By Benjamin Plackett published
They're probably not just pooping; the restroom is a safe place for them to ponder life's great questions.
Can you recover repressed memories?
By Isobel Whitcomb published
There's no doubt we forget things — but what about repression?
Was Freud right about anything?
By Benjamin Plackett published
Sigmund Freud had some provocative ideas about the human subconscious.
Does subliminal messaging really work?
By Tyler Santora published
Does this advertising technique actually work?
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