Cognition

Such children’s neural circuits do not transition properly from an active state to a resting one

We need to reexamine the idea of “objectivity” in research

What if consciousness is not something special that the brain does but is instead a quality inherent to all matter?

Most feral dogs that did not run away from humans were able to respond to hand cues about the location of food—even without training.

A mouse study shows immune cells gobbling up the connections between memory-associated neurons

Just ask Schopenhauer

For those with developmental topographical disorientation, ordinary travel is extraordinarily difficult

People attribute the lack of women in STEM fields to external factors but attribute the lack of men in helping professions to internal ones

Well more than 100 distinct sign languages exist worldwide, with each having features that made it possible for researchers to create an evolutionary tree of their lineages.

Some wolf pups will play fetch with a stranger, suggesting that an ability to playfully interact with people could have come before, and played a role in, dog domestication.

Some products of our imaginations seem to spring from sources beyond our everyday selves.

The first research center of its kind in the country is bringing renewed rigor to the investigation of the drugs’ therapeutic uses