Teenagers are known to be experimenters. When they were young children, their structure likely came from the family’s value system. But as they grow into adolescents, young people start exploring on ...

Review of What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice & Change. By Emily Falk. W. W. Norton & Company. 273 pp. $29.99. Brain scans cannot now reveal what people are thinking. But recently, Emily Falk ...

Much has been made of the power of habit. We’re encouraged to make healthy choices our default and to understand the way that the brain sets certain tasks, such as our morning commute, on autopilot to ...