Mind & Brain

Punch, a monkey that went viral after he was abandoned by his mother in a Japanese zoo, is reminiscent of a foundational attachment theory experiment

Older people with exceptional memory have a surprisingly high number of young neurons, a study finds

Experts say that to win a game like The Traitors, competitors should look for verbal clues over physical ones—and be friendly and open

People with aphantasia have no mental imagery—and they’re offering brain scientists a window into consciousness

Discover what researchers have learned about polyamory, what misconceptions people have about such multipartner relationships and how individuals actually navigate them

Newborn chicks connect sounds with shapes just like humans, suggesting deep evolutionary roots of the “bouba-kiki” effect

Putting humans and LLMs head-to-head in classic tests of judgment from human psychology underscores the differences between them

Space's microgravity appears to shift the location of the brains of astronauts—without a clear effect on their health

A large survey of U.S. singles reveals the different ways people experience passionate romantic love

Speech blurs together unless you know the language; scientists found the brain signal that separates the words

Why psychiatry’s diagnostic system may undergo major changes, and what the scientific debates over how mental illnesses should be defined are

The South Carolina measles outbreak has triggered rare but serious brain swelling in some children