NeuroscienceAugust 8, 2019
Real Laughs Motivate More Guffaws
Honest, involuntary laughter cued people to laugh more at some really bad jokes than they did when hearing forced laughter.
Cognition
NeuroscienceJuly 19, 2019
How to Make a Mouse Hallucinate
A real-time capture of brain-circuit activity shows how simple it is to change what an animal sees
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NeuroscienceJuly 2, 2019
Decoding the Language of Neurons
A new study reveals surprising variations in the neural code
BehaviorJuly 1, 2019
Babies Know the Difference between the Laughter of Friends and Strangers
Five-month-olds may use chuckles to identify information about social interactions
CognitionJune 28, 2019
The Psychology Podcast Recap (June 2019): Good Porn and the Quest for a Moral Life
The Psychology Podcast Recap for June 2019
NeuroscienceJune 27, 2019
Our Brain Uses a Not-So-Instant Replay to Make Decisions
Neural processing centers repeat recent sequences of events to lay down new memories used for abstract thought
BehaviorJune 26, 2019
What’s So Funny? The Science of Why We Laugh
Psychologists, neuroscientists and philosophers are trying to understand humor
CognitionJune 19, 2019
Autism: More Than Meets the Eye
How ability can grow out of seeming disability
EvolutionJune 17, 2019
Monkey Cousins Use Similar Calls
Two monkey species who last shared a common ancestor 3 million years ago have "eerily similar" alarm calls.
CognitionJune 14, 2019
Better Memory through Electrical Brain Ripples
A study in mice shows improved cognitive performance when these bursting signals move around memory circuits
CognitionJune 14, 2019
Authenticity under Fire
Researchers are calling into question authenticity as a scientifically viable concept
CognitionJune 13, 2019
Do You Play with Your Cat? This Online Study Is for You!
Dogs aren’t the only ones who can do science. The era of cat science is now