Why Time Feels Faster as You Get Older
Does time really speed up with age? What studies of the past decade, everyday moments and memory show, and which explanations still compete.
Perception
Why first impressions, music and time itself feel the way they do.
The Neuroscience of First Impressions
How the brain forms judgments about strangers from a glimpse of a face, why those judgments are fast and widely shared, and why fast does not mean accurate.
Why Do We Laugh at the Wrong Time?
Why laughter can burst out in serious moments, what brain systems drive and hold back a laugh, and when uncontrollable laughter may be a medical issue.
Why Some Songs Give You Goosebumps
What happens in the brain and body during musical chills, what the reward-system research shows, and why some people get them often while others rarely do.
