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If an outright refusal feels rude but you don’t want to have to explain, here’s how to say ‘no’ the Japanese way ...

A Norwegian filmmaker turns the lens on herself to reflect on the complications of grieving her estranged, abusive father ...

What studying people without a ‘mind’s eye’ reveals about the role of imagery in the experience of emotion and memory ...

Knowing the reasons people opt not to know – and the consequences of that choice – could help us see when it’s problematic ...

Swapping office work for the herding life, Adham finds a sublime freedom in the rugged terrain of the Pyrenees ...

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Some musical rhythms are built to get us bobbing, foot-tapping or dancing. Researchers show how rhythmic complexity matters ...

Though relationships are grounded in shared memories, some gaps and inaccuracies can help us live well in a social world Human memory appears to be terribly flawed. We forget. We misremember. We ...

Yet another important factor to consider in memories for fiction is believability. This is distinct from ‘ontological intuitiveness’ (our sense that dragons are not real or that humans cannot fly). It ...

Instead of wrestling with self-defeating thoughts, try this When your own thoughts discourage and undermine you, it’s easy to get tangled. A change of strategy could get you past it ...

For example, assuming you don’t have a worry problem, you might plan ahead for which interview questions you might be asked and how to answer them, but you wouldn’t go so far as to simulate how you ...