In my work as a brand strategist revealing the intersection of psychology and marketing, I have found that the most effective marketers have an intuitive grasp that science is now beginning to prove.

During a lunch with my friend Kurt at the Chicago Club—one of those quietly elegant institutions where history sits comfortably in the room—I arrived with a question. It was one that could only be ...

It’s surprising that human infants as young as 10 months may be able to identify social rank. Research suggests that infants learn to distinguish who around them is dominant, using relative body size ...

Exercise has long been touted for both its physical and mental health benefits, but recent research adds an intriguing twist to the understanding of its effects, indicating it can also alter the ...

Central to these changes is the default mode network (DMN), a brain system associated with self-referential thinking and continuous time perception. Psychedelics suppress DMN activity, correlating ...

Psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, profoundly alters brain function by interacting with serotonin receptors that regulate perception and mood. It disrupts the brain’s default mode ...

Deliberately slowing down your breathing rate alters how accurately you recognize emotions on the faces of people around you, ...