Other people can be baffling. Even in our closest relationships, loved ones frequently behave in ways that can seem inexplicable. Why can’t your friend recognize her self-destructive foibles? Why do ...

Most people would agree, especially after a global pandemic, that nobody actually knows what the future holds. But very few of us apply this logic to our own personality. Shankar Vedantam, a ...

Randy Pugh, Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Task Force subject matter expert, speaks to leaders assigned to Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) HQ, NAVSUP Weapon Systems ...

A large part of what we’re doing with large language models involves looking at human behavior. That might get lost in some conversations about AI, but it’s really central to a lot of the work that’s ...

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, ...

Walk into any party and you’ll witness a living galaxy of behavior. Someone is brushing a friend’s hair; a couple leans close in flirtation; a group laughs too loudly over cards; others linger by the ...

On a bright, late-summer day in north-central Europe around 300,000 years ago, a team of perhaps a couple dozen hunters got into their assigned positions for a big kill. Little did they know that ...

According to the Josh Bersin Company, only 25% of companies report that their leadership development programs significantly improve business performance. Another way to say that: three-fourths of CEOs ...

Architecture is the design of spaces for human occupation. Despite architects’ skill in designing spaces to influence human behavior there often is a shortfall in anticipating and reacting to ...