Introduction: Does Smiling Make You Happy, or Does Being Happy Make You Smile? This turns out to be a genuinely open question in psychology — and the answer, after decades of research, is more interesting than either direction alone would…
Introduction: You’ve Done This Dozens of Times and Never Really Felt It Eye drops in, head tilted back, trying not to blink. A few seconds of mild effort, then release — and it’s over before it registered. But those few…
Introduction: Why Does the Body Feel Different After a Stretch? After hours at a desk, or in the first moments of waking — the body asks for a stretch. And after the stretch, something has changed. The shoulders have dropped…
Introduction: The First Bite Is Always the Most Interesting One. Most People Miss It Same dish, same ingredients, same everything — and yet the first bite is different. You’ve noticed this. Everyone has. It isn’t about hunger, or anticipation, or…
Introduction: When Did You Last Actually Feel the Water? You wash your hands several times a day. You turn the tap, wait for the temperature, reach for the soap — and somewhere in that sequence, you disappear. The motion completes…