Psychology

Did Time Tick Slower for a Woman Who Spent 500 Days Alone in a Cave?

Here’s why a woman who spent 500 days in extreme isolation lost her sense of time

Ruth Ogden and The Conversation US

Neuroscience

How Our Team Overturned the 90-Year-Old Metaphor of a ‘Little Man’ in the Brain Who Controls Movement

A pillar of every neuroscience textbook, the classic “homunculus” has just gone through a radical revision

Nico U.F. Dosenbach | Opinion

Psychology

Extreme Views Are More Attractive Than Moderate Ones

New research shows that people are drawn to others with more extreme versions of their own political views

Amit Goldenberg | Opinion

Behavior

Conspiracy Theories Can Be Undermined with These Strategies, New Analysis Shows

A new review finds that only some methods to counteract conspiracy beliefs are effective. Here’s what works and what doesn’t

Stephanie Pappas

Psychology

Personality Can Change from One Hour to the Next

Studies show that people may experience enormous variability in personality traits throughout the course of the day

Francine Russo