8 min read
Why Americans Stopped Reading Books
Open Culture
FrontalOccipital
8 min read
Everything is going to be fine
What a classist, a psychologist and preppers have to say about the end of the world, and what you might do about it- Directed by Ryan MalloyWatch on Psyche
Psyche
Frontal
8 min read
I’m Part of the Team Writing the Next Bible of Psychiatry—For the First Time, the DSM Will Use Biology to Understand Mental Disorders
Part of the challenge of finding a biomarker for mental illness is the environment’s significant influence The post I’m Part of the Team Writing the Next Bible of Psychiatry—For th
Nautilus
FrontalBrainstem
12 min watch
How Stress Changes Your Brain
Stress can sharpen your focus, but only up to a point. Beyond that, it starts to impair memory, decision-making, and even your eating habits. Here's where the tipping point lies. #
Kurzgesagt
FrontalCerebellumBrainstem
8 min read
The fog of hunger
From childhood, women are trained to restrict their appetite. And there’s a huge, hidden, cognitive price to pay for it- by Sarah BergRead on Aeon
Aeon
FrontalCerebellumParietal
8 min read
A vocabulary for the future: touch
A mesmerising blend of words and images make touch a doorway into the deepest questions in physics and philosophy- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
Aeon
FrontalCore
8 min read
How to rediscover your purpose later in life
You don’t have to ‘reinvent’ yourself to live happily after 60. There’s a better approach grounded in lifespan psychology- by Denise TaylorRead on Psyche
Psyche
FrontalCerebellum
19 min read
Fixed vs. Growth: The Two Mindsets
The internal monologue that scores everything you do, and what changes when you catch it doing it.
The Marginalian
Frontal
18 min read
A Mitochondrial Theory of Mind
The cell's power plants as the link between body, health and mood — an energetic view of being alive.
Quanta Magazine
BrainstemFrontal
14 min read
Why Am I Left-Handed?
An invisible difference in a tenth of us, and an open question in half a dozen fields at once.
Quanta Magazine
BrainstemFrontal
8 min explore
Hidden Bias
A model learns to predict grades from the past — including the parts of the past nobody meant to teach it.
Google PAIR
Frontal
5 min play
We Become What We Behold
A five-minute game about news cycles, and the loop between what we watch and what we become.
Nicky Case
FrontalOccipital
14 min explore
Going Critical
Play with the tipping point where an idea, a disease or a fire stops fizzling and takes off.
Melting Asphalt
FrontalCore
9 min explore
To Build a Better Ballot
Play with voting systems and watch each one fail in its own particular way.
Nicky Case
Frontal
6 min explore
Conditional Probability, Visually
Why "given that" changes everything, in one draggable square.
Setosa
Frontal
6 min explore
156 Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena
Collection of optical illusions and visual phenomena demonstrating how perception works.
Michael Bach
CoreFrontal
6 min explore
Absurd Trolley Problems
Explore absurd variations of the classic trolley problem dilemma.
neal.fun
Frontal
7 min explore
The Moral Machine
Test your ethical judgments on self-driving car dilemmas in an interactive experiment.
MIT Media Lab
Frontal
9 min explore
The Uber Game: One Week as a Driver
Interactive simulation exploring earnings, expenses, and challenges of driving for Uber.
Financial Times
Frontal
8 min explore
The Joy of Regulating Your Emotions
Learn emotional regulation techniques through interactive storytelling.
Nicky Case
CerebellumFrontal
9 min explore
Crowds: The Wisdom and Madness of Groups
Explore how groups make decisions, right or wrong.
Nicky Case
FrontalCore
10 min explore
Adventures with Anxiety
Navigate anxiety through personal narrative and interactive exercises.
Nicky Case
CerebellumFrontal
6 min play
Quick, Draw!
AI guesses your drawings in real-time.
Google
OccipitalFrontal
6 min explore
Parable of the Polygons
Visual exploration of how small biases create segregation in diverse populations.
Hart & Case
FrontalCore
7 min play
The Password Game
Create a password meeting increasingly absurd requirements.
neal.fun
FrontalCore
8 min explore
The Evolution of Trust
Interactive game theory simulator showing how trust evolves through cooperation and betrayal.
Nicky Case
Frontal
9 min read
Why Your Brain Craves the Unfamiliar
Why humans are psychologically drawn to novelty and unfamiliar experiences.
Wikipedia
CoreFrontal
9 min read
The Science of Close-Up Magic
Sleight of hand techniques and psychological principles underlying close-up magic illusions.
Wikipedia
CoreFrontal
4 min watch
How to Be More Productive — With Hank!
Practical strategies for increasing productivity and managing time effectively.
Vlogbrothers
CerebellumFrontal
8 min read
The Comedian's Brain
Comedians' brains show unique neural patterns linked to creative and abstract thinking.
The American Scholar
TemporalFrontal
8 min watch
The Backwards Brain Bicycle
Learning a new motor skill proves difficult when spatial feedback is reversed.
SmarterEveryDay
FrontalBrainstemCore
10 min watch
What the Most-Viewed Videos Say About YouTube
Analysis of YouTube's most-viewed videos reveals patterns about human attention.
Vlogbrothers
OccipitalFrontalTemporal
12 min read
The Psychology of Brand Loyalty
How psychological factors drive customers to repeatedly choose and prefer specific brands.
Wikipedia
FrontalCore
14 min watch
The Easiest Problem Everyone Gets Wrong
A probability puzzle that trips up most people despite seeming simple.
Vsauce2
CoreFrontal
26 min watch
The Stilwell Brain
Brain anatomy and neuroscience exploration through visual demonstrations and thought experiments.
Vsauce
FrontalCoreBrainstem