Do you ever walk into a room, only to completely blank on why you're there? That could be because, according to a new study, 65% of our actions are the result of habitual behaviors, as opposed to ...

My life's work is to try to improve the mental health of others. As times goes by I discover more about the richness of the human mind. Years of deeply honest conversations have brought wisdom for ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Never underestimate the mind of a crow. Members of a family of birds that includes ravens, rooks, magpies, and jays, crows have been known to bend wire into hooks to retrieve food; drop nuts in a road ...

A new study shows that dopamine release in the human brain plays a crucial role in encoding both reward and punishment prediction errors. This means that dopamine is involved in the process of ...

My mentor, EG Orren, once told me that all human behavior is based on the triangle. We seek pleasure. We avoid pain. We strive to conserve energy. I found this simplification of human behavior both ...

Risky human behavior, not aggression by alligators, is the leading cause of alligator bites, according to a groundbreaking study by scientists at the University of Florida and Centre College in ...