Cognition

An innovative study technique yields surprising results that counter the popular idea that knowing yourself is good for you

Peak emotional experiences are the most meaningful ones in our lives

A sudden moment of self-awareness in childhood propels people on a quest to explore life’s mysteries

Journalist and author David Epstein talks about his new book Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World.

Researchers slowed the approach of greedy gulls by an average of 21 seconds by staring at the birds versus looking elsewhere. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Honest, involuntary laughter cued people to laugh more at some really bad jokes than they did when hearing forced laughter.

A real-time capture of brain-circuit activity shows how simple it is to change what an animal sees

A new study reveals surprising variations in the neural code

Five-month-olds may use chuckles to identify information about social interactions

The Psychology Podcast Recap for June 2019

Neural processing centers repeat recent sequences of events to lay down new memories used for abstract thought

Psychologists, neuroscientists and philosophers are trying to understand humor