Cognition

Neural circuitry lets macaques figure out what's going on in social interactions  

A technology that uses magnetism to regulate neural activity shows a small benefit in patients with mild forms of the disease 

Senior mice treated with THC improved on learning and memory tests

They are really meaningful to you but not to anybody else

You don’t understand mirrors as well as you think

Sexuality can be baffling for people with autism—a situation science has mostly ignored

Like grit, executive functioning, and mindfulness, resilience is a buzzword these days. But what does it really mean to be resilient?

How do people learn to echolocate?

Medication and therapy remain the most effective treatments, but some are looking to alternatives

The opioid crisis is forcing doctors to change how they treat chronic pain, putting a new emphasis on nondrug remedies and psychological interventions 

Conventional wisdom holds that the ability to recognize faces requires a complex mammalian brain. But some insects are quite adept at this task

Nongenuine chuckles cause a specific cortical region to “light up” more