The human behaviour behind the work. Decision-making, attention, identity, performance, and the everyday observations that explain how people live and work inside the technology economy.
856 articles · Mind
A meta-analysis covering 98,299 people finds short-form video use tracks with weaker attention and self-control. The strongest links show up not in hours logged, but in the pull to keep going.
The ocean's mental health benefits aren't folklore anymore—new research reveals who gains most, and why childhood beach days echo through adulthood.
The tiny slights we dismiss as efficiency—a curt email, a terse reply—carry measurable costs that ripple through teams and undermine the very work we're rushing to complete.
A beloved relationship theory turns out to be wrong in almost every measurable way.
The nightly walk at the same time looks like rigidity from the outside. Inside the nervous system, it is one of the most reliable ways researchers have found to steady mood, protect the aging brain, and give the mind permission to finally release the day.
A hospital window facing the wrong direction can cost patients hundreds of dollars in extra painkillers—and days of needless suffering.
The bedroom chair covered in clothes isn't a sign of messiness — it's a working solution to a category problem household organisation systems have never solved: the clothes that are neither clean enough to put away nor dirty enough to wash.
The kindest people often build lives where they're indispensable to everyone but dispensable to no one.
The ability to abandon a book, a plan, or an obligation that no longer earns its keep isn't a lapse in character. It's a recalibration of what the remaining hours are actually for, and the psychology behind it is clearer than the culture lets on.
The link between a diploma and lifetime earnings is undeniable, but whether school actually teaches you to succeed—or simply proves you always could—remains economics' most consequential unsettled question.
What keeps a mind sharp into old age may matter less than who keeps you sharp.
A viral claim about emotionally intelligent women links two separate research fields that were never actually studied together.
