Psychology & Behaviour
Cognition, decision-making, motivation and human behaviour.
Beyond IQ: How Actively Open-Minded Thinking Boosts Cognitive Ability
Research shows that the strongest predictor of cognitive excellence isn't speed or raw intelligence, but a trainable behavioral habit: actively open-minded thinking.
When Your Teen Talks to a Bot Instead of You
AI chatbots are replacing human connection for adolescents — not because they're evil, but because they're easier. Here's what that’s doing to their brains, and how we can fix it without banning the tech.
Why Human Cognition Is the Last Unbroken Competitive Edge
How creativity, emotional intelligence, and ethical reasoning remain irreplaceable as AI reshapes work — and why collaboration, not competition, is the only path forward.
The Hidden Engine of Adaptation: Fluid Intelligence as Mental Agility
Fluid intelligence—the swift, pattern-based reasoning that lets you navigate unfamiliar challenges without relying on stored knowledge—is often overshadowed by crystallized intelligence. This article unpacks its mechanism (working memory), real-world manifestations, belief-updating power, and evidence-based strategies to cultivate it.
Reclaiming Autonomy: How Letting Kids Fall Builds Genuine Emotional Resilience
Why the decline of free play—driven by parent anxiety and digital devices—is the hidden root of pediatric mental health crises, and the case for raising independent, anti-fragile children.
Beyond Screen Time: Rethinking How Digital Habits Reshape Our Value of Effort
Moving beyond polarized debates about "digital addiction," a new value-based choice framework explores how algorithmic rewards recalibrate our brain's internal calculation of effort. The research suggests that rather than a decline in cognitive capacity, our decision-making systems are being trained to undervalue the effort required for deep, sustained mastery.
How to Break Up Without Leaving Scars
When your partner feels like a life anchor has been yanked away, be clear, direct, and respectful — and trust that they can handle the truth.
When Your Mind Rewrites the Rules: How LLMs Prove Decisions Are Shaped by Problems, Not Personality
A PNAS study pairs fine-tuned large language models with behavioral choice mathematics to decode thousands of free-text decision justifications, showing that LLM-identified reasoning aligns with actual choices 95% of the time and that people's decision strategies dynamically shift based on how a problem is framed rather than fixed personality traits.
Sleep Regularity, Not Just Duration, Shapes Early Childhood Memory and Language Skills
New research reveals that inconsistent sleep timing and social jet lag impair preschoolers' vocabulary and visuospatial memory independently of total sleep hours, with executive attention surprisingly unaffected.
The Validation Trap: How AI Reshapes Conflict Interpretation and Erodes Relationship Repair
How AI's sycophantic responses in relationship conflicts reinforce confirmation bias, reduce reconciliation willingness, and transform minor tensions into perceived irreconcilable rifts—undermining the repair mechanisms essential to healthy partnerships.
Contextual Enrichment in OpenCTI: Turning IOCs into Actionable Intelligence with Criminal IP
How integrating Criminal IP's dual-perspective risk scoring, infrastructure mapping, vulnerability correlation, behavioral signals, and phishing detection transforms raw threat indicators into interconnected intelligence for SOC analysts.
Enthusiast Backlash Bends AMD on Consumer Ryzen Memory Encryption
After quietly stripping Transparent Secure Memory Encryption (TSME) from non-PRO Ryzen CPUs in a firmware update, AMD has announced a reversal following widespread community backlash.