Cognition

We wander about the unknown terrains of life, complacent about what we know and oblivious to what we miss

Shutting down an overactive enzyme could become a general treatment, rather than one solely intended for the few who inherit a mutated Parkinson’s gene

How does experience, which is so intimately tied to our perception of time and space, arise from timeless, non-spatial ingredients?

Researchers are still trying to figure out why

Ghost mantises use their prey’s cognitive processes against them

Birds become good at avoiding danger by eavesdropping on the alarm calls of other birds—and the learning occurs without even seeing their peers or predators. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

Something weird happens to a skeptical science writer during a week of meditation, chanting and skygazing

Some people find it impossible to imagine a friend’s face or their own apartment—a phenomenon named aphantasia. Scientists are beginning to tease out the brain features underlying the condition

Different people have differing aptitudes for observing small changes and particular features.

What's your dark core score?

Are consciousness, free will and God insoluble mysteries?