“There are two sides to every story.” That lesson was drummed into me when I studied journalism years ago. However, stories are more complicated than that, and so are human beings. In today’s complex ...

How you think about the events and people in your life can either help you reframe things in more positive ways that help you cope or take you down a rabbit hole of negative thinking and feeling bad ...

Repetitive negative thinking is an important marker of dementia risk, according to a new study. Researchers found that chronic negative thinking is associated with faster cognitive decline and ...

Personality isn’t as stable as we originally thought. Modern research shows traits are patterns that evolve when you ...

A new study links repetitive negative thinking (RNT) to poorer cognitive function in older Chinese adults, raising questions about how certain thought patterns may impact brain health. Researchers ...

Cognitive distortions, or thinking errors, can take a toll on our mental health. Here are five such thinking patterns and ways to overcome them. We are all vulnerable to certain “thinking errors,” ...

The late historians Will and Ariel Durant spent four decades of their life studying, compiling, and writing the history of Western civilization. The product of their efforts, The Story of Civilization ...

A large analysis of around 800 million tweets during a 4-year period suggests that circadian rhythms control our way of thinking. Share on Pinterest When taken collectively, the content of our tweets ...

Explains how settings like hotel lounges and waiting areas can shift attention patterns and briefly change how people process everyday thoughts.

Back in 1935, the American linguist George Zipf made a remarkable discovery. Zipf was curious about the relationship between common words and less common ones. So he counted how often words occur in ...