Have you ever found yourself operating on autopilot? Maybe you’ve driven home from work and don’t remember much about the drive. Or maybe you realize, suddenly, that you’ve been scrolling social media ...

Other fields have mastered reflection. Athletes dissect plays. Writers revise drafts. Physicians analyze outcomes. But in business, we leap from task to task. Why? Because busyness looks like progress ...

Your brain is constantly juggling information that arrives in a flash with thoughts that unfold over seconds, minutes, or ...

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them. —Kahlil Gibran The autopilot brain makes preconscious, automatic judgments and behavior choices, predicting the future, based primarily ...

From essays that dissect culture and power to novels that reward deep concentration, these books are here to pull readers out ...

When we picture the future of human evolution, we often imagine larger brains and sharper intellect. We envision creatures powered by technology and intelligence, resembling the big-headed life forms ...

It’s 8 p.m. You’ve just flopped on the couch after a long day. Maybe you stared at spreadsheets, negotiated with toddlers, or endured an endless Zoom call. Now, as you zone out to the soft flicker of ...

Engaging System 2 requires significant metabolic energy. Your brain consumes a lot of your body’s energy as it is; intense mental concentration burns even more. Because of this, humans are “cognitive ...

The New Year feels like a fresh start, but the psychological reality is far more complex than a simple calendar change.