60-Second Mind

Choosing a user name starting with a letter appearing earlier in the alphabet is just one ... more

High-calorie and exceedingly pleasurable foods appear to change rat brain rewards circuitr... more

Parkinson’s patients derived more benefits from a salt solution they were told was an expe... more

Of studies presented at conferences, those that found a cognitive benefit to bilingualism ... more

Implicit bias against another race lessened after volunteers experienced themselves via vi... more

Levels of a protein fragment in the blood paralleled how long head injuries benched hockey... more

If you're in an up mood, you may walk more energetically. But a study finds that purposefu... more

Subjects who kept pace with a walking colleague estimated a potential enemy to be smaller ... more

Young adults who’d had highly controlling parents were less able to stress their own viewp... more

Absence from work due to illness increased dramatically for those who slept less than six ... more

The direction of your gaze when looking at someone offers an unconscious, automatic giveaw... more

People who had to strike up conversations on a subway later reported feeling happier than ... more

Survey subjects rated life experiences as making them happier and as a better use of money... more

Children who experience neglect, abuse and/or poverty can have smaller amygdalas and hippo... more