Cognition

Philosopher Philip Goff answers questions about “panpsychism”

Scientists observed two Atlantic puffins using sticks to scratch themselves—the first known instance of seabirds using tools. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

Participants in a freewheeling exploration of nonmaterialist, mystical accounts of reality critique a journalist’s critique

Promoting “healthspan” involves exercise and games

Free will must exist if some of us have more of it than others

Reactivating remembered problems during sleep can trigger solutions

Rats learned to drive tiny cars as a model for acquiring new skills

Improvements are seen after playing a modified version of Guess Who?

You detect a tool’s contact with an object as if you placed your own finger on it

The findings challenge textbook ideas about how visual cortex cells process imagery

A seminal psychologist who explored the positive, creative and productive aspects of daydreaming has passed away at the age of 95

A freewheeling symposium explores experiences, theories and philosophies that challenge conventional materialist science