Cognition

Green crabs learned to navigate a maze without making a single wrong turn—and remembered the skill weeks later. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

New research suggests that moral grandstanding may be a major source of conflict in the world today

Seven ways science matters to dogs and the people who love them

The resonant properties of your skull can amplify some frequencies and dampen others—and, in some cases, affect your hearing. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

Black-and-white photos turn into Technicolor

Experts from the fields of human and animal affective neuroscience discuss their own definitions of fear and how we should study it

The best programs teach kids language skills and focusing abilities through innovative, child-centered activities

Western ears consider a pitch at double the frequency of a lower pitch to be the same note, an octave higher. The Tsimane’, an indigenous people in the Bolivian Amazon basin, do not.

New research investigates continuity and change in narcissism from young adulthood to midlife

Psychologists zero in on the skills that predict future success

Susanne Schweizer is a neuroscientist investigating the development of emotional regulatory processes and their role in mental health across the life span

A group of researchers has created a short test to see just how misleading the look on a person’s face can be