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The compelling case for working a lot less - BBC
Mastering 'active rest' is far harder than it looks, but there are good reasons why we should keep working at it (2017)
How do you recover from burnout? | Ask HN | Hacker News
Instead of focusing on the work, think what you do with it. Think of making them very happy. It could be a client or customer. It could be your boss. (2017)
Daughters of WWII refugees are more likely to have mental illness - Axios
A new study raises the possibility that the trauma of war can be inherited. (2017)
Emmanuel Macron is trying to change France’s psychology - Charlemagne: Exorcising Marx in France
STRANGE rituals have been taking place behind closed doors in Paris this summer. While much of Europe basked on the beach, elaborate rites and unfa... (2017)
Why Facebook Is the Junk Food of Socializing
Have you ever been walking in a dark alley and seen something that you thought was a crouching person, but it turned out to be a garbage… (2017)
Collaboration Kills Creativity, According to Science | Inc.com
It's impossible to think "out of the box" when you're stuck inside a box with a bunch of other people. "According to a study recently published ... (2017)
Impact of Depression and its Treatment on Productivity – Aceso Under Glass
Introduction One argument for prioritizing treatment of mental illness is that the secondary effects (such as higher productivity and improved heal... (2017)
Cost Effectiveness of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
"The WHO estimates that depression and anxiety together account for 75,000,000 DALYs annually, making up ~5% of total DALYs. In “Measuring the Impa... (2017)
A beginner’s guide to Getting Things Done
Zenkit, Medium, 2017: “A path to productivity and peace of mind with GTD... Getting Things Done is a time management technique that took the wo... (2017)
What Boredom Does to You
Issue 53: Monsters - Nautilus, 2016: "The science of the wandering mind. very emotion has a purpose—an evolutionary benefit,” says Sandi Mann, a ... (2017)
Do it for the ‘Gram
Why your outdated brain is making you unhappy and how to hack it. (2017)
The Science of Sleep: A Brief Guide on How to Sleep Better Every Night
Everything you need to know if you want to get better sleep. This guide will walk you through everything you need to know if you want to get bette... (2017)
The concept of schizophrenia is dying
Its passing will not be mourned. The concept of schizophrenia is dying. Harried for decades by psychology, it now appears to have been fatally wou... (2017)
Don't Quit
I quit, by Darius Foroux, "Read this if you're thinking about quitting. I personally think about quitting three or four times a month. But, I've f... (2017)
Simple Ways to Be Better at Remembering | New York Times
New York Times, 2017: "Memory is a reconstruction, not a photographic recording. Our brains — unlike computers — are forever rerecording those mem... (2017)
What's the ultimate way to defy depression, disease and early death? Exercise
The Guardian, 2017: "As a new report reveals the mental health benefits of just an hour’s physical activity a week, it seems there is nothing a wor... (2017)
Unselfish People Are More Likely to Wind Up With Depression
New research links elevated responses to unfairness to later appearance of depression markers... People with depression commonly demonstrate increa... (2017)
A therapist’s guide to staying productive when you’re depressed or heartbroken
"All of us will experience grief and sadness—whether due to heartbreak, bereavement, or some other loss—over the course of our professional lives. ... (2017)
How Science Is Unlocking the Secrets of Addiction
National Geographic, 2017; "We're learning more about the craving that fuels self-defeating habits—and how new discoveries can help us kick the habit. (2017)
BBC: How Flying seriously messes with your mind
Travelling by plane has become an everyday activity – but our bodies and brains are still affected by it. (2017)
Nootropics; Study drugs make healthy people worse at problem-solving, not better
Hard-working, but incompetent. Users try harder, but are less competent | Science & technology. Officially, the stimulant drugs are used to tre... (2023)
An End To Doomerism - 5 Reasons for Technological Optimism
Or why I’m coming out as an impatient optimist. (2022)
I Tried These 8 Sleep Tricks, Here’s What Worked (And What Didn’t) | Awaken
by Victoria Smith: The tips that finally led me to a better night’s rest… Sleep is such a double-edged sword. A solid night of shut-eye makes you f... (2020)
The Thinner Book: Atomic Habits by James Clear
A summary of the best ideas from Atomic Habits by James Clear (2022)
Second-Order Thinking: What Smart People Use to Outperform - Farnam Street
Second-order thinking is a mental model that smart people like Warren Buffett & Howard Marks use to avoid problems. Read this article to learn how ... (2016)
“Find and Follow” Your Passion and Debunking Other Self-Help Myths | by Brad Stulberg
A few years ago, when I began to focus more on entrepreneurial pursuits, my mom, a former writer herself, gifted me a little book titled Passion: E... (2019)
Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors - Alexey Guzey
See discussion of this essay on the forum, Hacker News (a), Marginal Revolution (a), Andrew Gelman’s blog 1 (a), 2 (a), 3 (a), 4 (a), /r/slatestar... (2021)
Depression is complicated – this is how our understanding of the condition has evolved over time - Our World in Data
Depression is the most common mental health condition. What do we know about its symptoms, severity and how these are measured? (2021)
Working over 55 hours a week associated with higher risk of stroke, heart attack - BBC
The World Health Organization says the trend may worsen due to the coronavirus pandemic. (2021)
Investing in Headway - Andreessen Horowitz
While we’ve long known that access to mental healthcare pales in comparison to physical healthcare coverage, the COVID-19 pandemic has further high... (2021)
How playing an instrument benefits your brain
TED Ed, Anita Collins When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an instrument... (2017)
How playing sports benefits your body ... and your brain - Leah Lagos and Jaspal Ricky Singh
TED Ed, Made in partnership with the Always #LikeAGirl campaign. The victory of the underdog. The last minute penalty shot that wins the tour... (2017)
Investing in the Fight Against Alzheimer's
Bill Gates, 2017: "In every part of the world, people are living longer than they used to. The longer you live, the more likely you are to develop... (2017)
How to Build Willpower | David Goggins & Dr. Andrew Huberman
David Goggins and Dr. Andrew Huberman discuss the neuroscience of willpower and how pushing through challenges and doing what you don't want to do ... (2024)
The Neuroscience of Consciousness – with Anil Seth
Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience Anil Seth looks at the neuroscience of consciousness and how our biology gives rise to the un... (2023)
TED: Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality | Anil Seth
TED: Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality | Anil Seth (2023)
Psychedelic Assisted Therapy: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver discusses psychedelic assisted therapy: its history, its potential, and what it has to do with A$AP Rocky’s relationship to rainbows. C... (2023)
How I Tricked My Brain To Like Doing Hard Things (dopamine detox)
You probably don't have a problem playing video games or browsing social media on your phone. In fact I have no doubt you could sit in front of a s... (2023)
How to enter ‘flow state’ on command | Steven Kotler for Big Think
Peak performance mind hack explained in 7 minutes.► The Neurochemistry of Flow... (2023)
Measuring Happiness - The riddle of experience vs. memory | TED Talk - Daniel Kahneman
Using examples from vacations to colonoscopies, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman reveals how our "experi... (2022)
Nietzsche - Follow No One, Trust Yourself
Nietzsche - Follow No One, Trust Yourself (2022)
THINKING FAST AND SLOW - SUMMARY (BY DANIEL KAHNEMAN)
THINKING FAST AND SLOW - SUMMARY (BY DANIEL KAHNEMAN) (2022)
Thinking, Fast and Slow | Daniel Kahneman | Talks at Google
@Google Talks is proud to welcome hero of psychology, Daniel Kahneman.Daniel Kahneman, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his se... (2022)
What you can do to prevent Alzheimer's | Lisa Genova - TED
Alzheimer's doesn't have to be your brain's destiny, says neuroscientist and author of "Still Alice," Lisa Genova. She shares the latest science in... (2022)
The paradox of choice | Barry Schwartz - TED
Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz's estimation, choice has mad... (2022)
Critical Reasoning - Karl Popper, Science, & Pseudoscience: Crash Course Philosophy #8
The early 1900s was an amazing time for Western science, as Albert Einstein was developing his theories of relativity and psychology was born, as S... (2022)
12 Cognitive Biases Explained - How to Think Better and More Logically Removing Bias
We are going to be explaining 12 cognitive biases in this video and presenting them in a format that you can easily understand to help you make bet... (2021)
Sleep is your superpower | TED - Matt Walker
Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more.Sleep is your li... (2021)
New Rule: Your Phone is Turning You into an Asshole | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Apple should admit that the problem with their phones isn’t just what people might store on them, i... (2021)
The Dunning-Kruger Effect - Cognitive Bias - Why Incompetent People Think They Are Competent
After Skool Special thank you to Trace Dominguez for all his help on this video. Please go check out his channel for some neat science videos! ... (2020)
Is marijuana bad for your brain? - TED ED - Anees Bahji
Explore how marijuana’s two main active compounds, THC and CBD, affect your brain and body, and what risk factors to watch out for. -- In 1970, mar... (2019)
How To Simplify Your Life - (video) School of Life
What many of us long for more than anything else is a simpler life; we feel overwhelmed by our responsibilities, schedules, commitments and obligat... (2019)
3 kinds of bias that shape your worldview - TED talk - J. Marshall Shepherd
TED Published on Jan 2, 2019 What shapes our perceptions (and misperceptions) about science? In an eye-opening talk, meteorologist J. Marshall Sh... (2019)
Hershey has a plan to keep impulse shopping alive - CNN
Hershey knows how to get you to make impulse purchases, if you're shopping at a store. But as people shift to online shopping, Hershey is trying to... (2018)
TED - The world needs all kinds of minds | Temple Grandin
Autism activist Temple Grandin talks about how her mind works -- sharing her ability to "think in pictures," which helps her solve problem... (2018)
Game Theory Session 2: The Hofstadter Offer
2nd of a 15 part series introducing the social dynamics of game theory found in the book Moral Calculations: Game Theory, Logic and Human Frailty. ... (2018)
Game Theory Session 1: The Dollar Auction, Concorde Fallacy & MacBeth Effect
1st of a 15 part series introducing the social dynamics of game theory found in the book Moral Calculations: Game Theory, Logic and Human Frailty. ... (2018)
The Prisoner's Dilemma
The prisoners dilemma is a hypothetical game set up showing a situation where people won't want to work together even when it's beneficial to do so... (2018)
Game Theory: The Science of Decision-Making
With up to ten years in prison at stake, will Wanda rat Fred out? Game theory is looking at human interactions through the lens of mathematics. Hos... (2018)
5 LIFE HACKS That Will MOTIVATE You To Do ANYTHING (#1. Chunking)
This is Lesson #9 of the Tamed Course. In this video we're going to learn about 5 of the most powerful psychological factors that effect our levels... (2018)
Dr. Victor Carrión: How to Heal From Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, my guest is Dr. Victor Carrión, M.D., the Vice-Chair of Psychiatry and Behavi... (2024)
The Secret to a Long Life - Radiolab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Radiolab on Spotify. Producer Sindhu Gnanasambandan wants to know how she can live the longest feeling life possible. T... (2023)
How Psilocybin Can Rewire Our Brain, Its Therapeutic Benefits & Its Risks - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I discuss what psilocybin is (chemically) and how it works at the cellular an... (2023)
Leverage Dopamine to Overcome Procrastination & Optimize Effort - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I explain how dopamine dynamics — meaning changes and interactions between ou... (2023)
#648: James Clear, Atomic Habits — Simple Strategies for Building (and Breaking) Habits - The Tim Ferriss Show
James Clear (@JamesClear) is a writer and speaker focused on habits and continuous improvement. He is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselle... (2023)
Using Caffeine to Optimize Mental & Physical Performance | Episode 101 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I explain how to use caffeine to enhance mental and physical health and perfo... (2022)
ADHD & How Anyone Can Improve Their Focus | Episode 37 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I discuss ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder): what it is, the co... (2022)
Controlling Your Dopamine For Motivation, Focus & Satisfaction | Episode 39 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. This episode serves as a sort of “Dopamine Masterclass”. I discuss the immensely powerful chem... (2022)
Time Perception & Entrainment by Dopamine, Serotonin & Hormones | Episode 46 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I discuss how our brain and body track time and the role that neurochemicals,... (2022)
Focus Toolkit: Tools to Improve Your Focus & Concentration | Episode 88 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Huberman Lab on Spotify. In this episode, I provide a list of behavioral, nutritional, and supplement-based tools you c... (2022)
#139 Laurie Santos: The Pursuit of Happiness - The Knowledge Project | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from The Knowledge Project on Spotify. Can you accurately identify what aspects of life make you happy? Would you even know ... (2022)
#68 Daniel Kahneman: Putting Your Intuition on Ice - The Knowledge Project | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from The Knowledge Project on Spotify. Psychologist and Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman shines a light on the biases that cri... (2022)
#137 Justin Su'a: Peak Mental Performance - The Knowledge Project | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from The Knowledge Project on Spotify. Justin Su'a calls on more than a decade of working with the world’s top athletes to d... (2022)
#120 Chris Bosh: Hunger and Greatness - The Knowledge Project | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from The Knowledge Project on Spotify. Two-time NBA champion and 2021 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Chris Bosh goes in-de... (2022)
#109 Angela Duckworth: Grit and Human Behavior - The Knowledge Project
Listen to this episode from The Knowledge Project on Spotify. Angela Duckworth is the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor of Psychology at the Univ... (2021)
The Dunning Kruger Hijack (and Other Criminally Stupid Acts) - Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford on Spotify. The hijackers of flight 961 wanted its pilot to fly them to Australia - a... (2021)
#105 Seth Godin: Failing On Our Way To Mastery - The Knowledge Project | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from The Knowledge Project on Spotify. Seth Godin is the author of 20 bestselling books, founder of altMBA, the Akimbo podca... (2021)
A Safer Psychedelic: non-hallucinogenic derivatives of psychedelics - a16z
On Bio Eats World, we discuss of new research creating safer, non-hallucinogenic derivatives of psychedelics for the treatment of depression and ad... (2021)
Episode 2: The Unhappy Millionaire — The Happiness Lab
Winning the lottery can ruin your life, while contracting an incurable disease can be 'a gift'. (2019)
Episode 1: You Can Change — The Happiness Lab
There are things you can do today to make yourself happier. There are things you can do today to make yourself happier. Your life circumstances ... (2019)
The CIA's Secret Quest For Mind Control: Torture, LSD And A 'Poisoner In Chief' - NPR
Journalist Stephen Kinzer reveals how CIA chemist Sidney Gottlieb worked in the 1950s and early '60s to develop mind control drugs and deadly toxin... (2019)
Sleep Deprived? Try These Strategies To Catch Up : NPR
Nappuccinos To Weekend Z's: Strategize To Catch Up On Lost Sleep Sleeping in on the weekend or taking a brief nap can help you recover from a si... (2019)
How AI is Augmenting Therapy - WSJ podcast The Future of Everything
Millions of people suffering from mental health issues are left untreated and undiagnosed. In this episode, we meet the psychologists and scientist... (2018)
Making Choices That Could Change Our Lives : NPR
How long did you spend thinking about the last big decision you made? There's a better way, according to Steven Johnson. His newest book is called ... (2018)
The Surprising Impact That Music Can Have On Little Kids — And Their Parents : NPR
It doesn't just keep them entertained. New research highlights an unexpected positive impact — and also shows that when a parent sings to a child, ... (2018)
The Magic of Mindfulness: Complain Less, Appreciate More, and Live a Better Life | Tim Ferriss
This is another special (and short) episode of The Tim Ferriss Show. In this episode, I share my personal experiences, apps, tools, and best pract... (2015)
Revenge of the Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell
Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand-new volume that reframes the lesson... (2025)
Getting to Yes
Describes a method of negotiation that isolates problems, focuses on interests, creates new options, and uses objective criteria to help two partie... (2023)
Being You - by Anil Seth
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A Best Book of 2021—Bloomberg Businessweek; A Best Science Book of 2021—The Guardian; A Best Science Book of 2021—Financia... (2023)
Dopamine Nation
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER “Brilliant… riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued.”—Beth Macy, author of Dopesick As... (2022)
Thinking, Fast and Slow - by Daniel Kahneman
Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, the renowned psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour o... (2022)
Ideas: a history of thought and invention, from fire to Freud
Peter Watson's hugely ambitious and stimulating history of ideas from deep antiquity to the present day—from the invention of writing, mathematics,... (2021)
The Daily Stoic
From the team that brought you The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, a beautiful daily devotional of Stoic meditations—an instant Wall Stre... (2021)
Ikigai
*Los Angeles Times bestseller* “If hygge is the art of doing nothing, ikigai is the art of doing something—and doing it with supreme focus and joy.... (2021)
Atomic Habits
The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 2 million copies sold! Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven ... (2021)
Fear Less
'Pippa Grange has something to teach all of us when it comes to letting go of perfectionism and anxiety, and living with open hearts rather than cl... (2021)
Stumbling on Happiness - by Daniel Todd Gilbert
Why are lovers quicker to forgive their partners for infidelity than for leaving dirty dishes in the sink? • Why will sighted people pay more to av... (2019)
Man's Search for Meaning - book by Viktor E. Frankl
Man's Search for Meaning has 231,979 ratings and 12,175 reviews. Frank said: After I read this book, which I finished many, many years ago, I had b... (2018)
Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath
Strengths Finder 2.0 has 37,046 ratings and 1,795 reviews. Jean said: Starts with a cool idea: instead of spending time trying to get better at thi... (2018)
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker
"My new favorite book of all time." --Bill Gates "A terrific book...[Pinker] recounts the progress across a broad array of metrics, from health... (2018)
Dying for a Paycheck | Stanford Graduate School of Business
In one survey, 61 percent of employees said that workplace stress had made them sick and 7 percent said they had actually been hospitalized. Job st... (2018)
Ten Percent Happier: Mindfulness Meditation Courses
New to meditation? Get fidgety just thinking about it? Our expert teachers will walk you through the basics, one breath at a time. (2020)