Language

When to engage with negative feelings and when to ignore them

The discovery of multitasking masterminds is revealing how the brain works when it strives to do several things at once

Join the more than 5,000 citizen scientists who are helping researchers identify the songs of individual whales. Mariette DiChristina reports

Swiss Academy of Sciences members are uneasy about a project to simulate the entire brain and explore how neural circuits give rise to behavior and cognition

Alex and a chimpanzee named Sheba are the only nonhumans that have so far been shown to represent the numerical value of a summed set, an ability once thought to depend on language

Baby goats learn to bleat just like the kids they hang out with. Christopher Intagliata reports

A man's face can "grab" anger from someone standing nearby. But a woman's face tends to grab happiness.

Prisoners suffer disproportionately from past traumatic brain injuries. Researchers are hunting for the best tools to treat this population in an effort to help them reintegrate into society--and avoid re-incarceration

Linguists find that tongue clicks play a larger role in English than previously thought

Female students, and management dreams, are changing the mix

How deception leads to self-deception

Yawning is more contagious among people who are emotionally close