Cognition

A new study suggests that, unconsciously, we actually do believe that looking exerts a slight force on the things being looked at. Karen Hopkin reports.

So-called "relaxation music" is only about as effective as a soothing Chopin piece at lulling listeners into a relaxed state. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Philosopher Peter Carruthers insists that conscious thought, judgment and volition are illusions. They arise from processes of which we are forever unaware

Freud’s notion of a dark, libidinous unconscious is obsolete. A new theory holds that the brain produces a continuous stream of unconscious predictions

Christopher Skaife talks about his new book The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London, in front of a live audience at Caveat, “the speakeasy bar for intelligent nightlife" in Lower Manhattan.

New research suggests that IQ leads to greater well-being by enabling one to acquire the financial and educational means necessary to live a better life

A play dramatizes the deepest of all mysteries, the mind–body problem

The exceedingly strange story of learning, memory and the “Arc” gene

A recent proposal about consciousness is fascinating—but it’s not science

New research adds to the skepticism surrounding the adoption of learning styles in education.

An estimate of dog intelligence requires looking at non-dogs as well to understand what's special to canines and what is just typical of the taxonomic groups they're in.

A surprising way that diet leads risks of stroke and cognitive impairment