Cognition

In a new book, best-selling author Michael Pollan explores psychedelics and the mind

When you go free diving, physical strength is not enough

Despite the conventional wisdom, a new study shows picking up the subtleties of grammar in a second language does not fade until well into the teens

A sleepy philosopher inspires thoughts on how consciousness could endure forever

Brown University biologist and author Ken Miller talks about his new book The Human Instinct: How We Evolved to Have Reason, Consciousness and Free Will.

In a study of children interacting with toy animals Native American kids and non-Native kids imagined the animals very differently.

Listeners gave more credence to a scientist’s radio interview when the audio was good quality than they did to the same material when the audio was poor. Christopher Intagliata reports.

What dog lovers get right, and wrong, about dog genetics

Can we really boost our intelligence?

A new study claims it's easier to accurately whistle a melody than to sing it. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

A mouse study deconstructs for the first time a neural circuit underlying a complex social behavior