Language

Studying related skills or concepts in parallel is a surprisingly effective way to train your brain

Animal communication studies have shown only fixed vocalizations, such as alarm cries. But Bonobo chimps appear to have a call that has different meanings in different contexts

We spend so much time on standardized testing and measuring learning ability that we don’t track how much we’re developing the key competencies that enable us to imagine what could be

Today would have been my mentor's 80th birthday. Happy Birthday Nick and thanks for showing me that mentors really do matter.

Autism and schizophrenia are related to different forms of creativity

Fruit bats stand in for vocal-learning mammals in isolation tests to test language development

As more cultural commodities enter the market, cultural distinctions will become muted to suit the appetites of a wider clientele

For many decades, scientists have tried to understand the past by doing as our forebears did. One important endeavor in what is called experimental archaeology involves moderns crafting Stone Age tools by chipping away at rocks.

As adults, we don't often experience radical violations of our expectations, particularly those that concern core principles of object behavior.

Orange Is the New Black, the popular Netflix show based on the memoir by Piper Kerman, brought female prisons into America's living room, highlighting several issues that are plaguing the correctional system.

Books and recommendations from Scientific American

As longtime readers may have noticed, I have an abiding interest in Neandertals. To help me keep up with the latest scientific insights into these mysterious relatives of ours, I have a Google alert set for "Neandertal" (and the alternate spelling, "Neanderthal").