Revealed: What your thoughts look like and how they compare to others’
19 July 2023
We finally have a grasp on the many different ways of thinking and how your inner mindscape affects your experience of reality
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Why we’re trapped in short-term thinking and how to take the long view
21 March 2023
Many of the most serious problems we face are the result of our tendency to focus on the present at the expense of the future. But we can escape this temporal myopia by confronting how we think about time
Why does time fly or drag? How emotions warp our temporal perceptions
15 June 2022
Felt time can speed up and slow down, depending on circumstances, because our perception of duration is intrinsically linked to the mental states induced by our physiological responses to the world
How do we sense time? The brain cells that order our memories
15 June 2022
Recent studies suggest there is not one part of the brain dedicated to measuring duration, as there is for senses like taste and smell. Instead, the passage of time is tracked by a network of “time cells”
Hybrid AI: A new way to make machine minds that really think like us
16 February 2022
In the quest to make artificial intelligence that can reason and apply knowledge flexibly, many researchers are focused on fresh insights from neuroscience. Should they be looking to psychology too?
David Chalmers interview: Virtual reality is as real as real reality
26 January 2022
Philosopher David Chalmers explains how virtual worlds shed light on questions such as what is reality and are we living in a simulation, and explores what corporate metaverses mean for humanity
Why we’re in tune with our emotions – but suck at judging our smarts
9 December 2020
“Know thyself” is a piece of wisdom handed down from the ancients – but a slew of delusions and biases means you might be better off asking someone else
Do we have free will or are all our decisions predetermined?
9 December 2020
According to the laws of physics, everything we do follows inevitably from what happened before – and yet we’re convinced we can change the world. Can we?
Simon Baron-Cohen: Why autism and invention are intimately related
2 December 2020
The prehistoric cognitive revolution that saw an explosion of inventions was driven by a new, pattern-seeking network in the brain – and that’s highly correlated with autism today, says researcher Simon Baron-Cohen
No more goody two shoes: Why true altruism can’t exist
11 December 2019
If only the fittest survive, why do good deeds for no return? The enduring mystery of altruism goes to the heart of how evolution does – and doesn't – work
