From tool-using chimpanzees to puzzle-solving capuchins, the primate world is packed with surprising brainpower. But how do the planet’s cleverest monkeys and apes really compare with human intelligen ...

Lying is woven into the fabric of human existence in ways that might shock you. From the moment we wake up until we close our eyes at night, deception plays a ...

Matte and beige and intricately folded, human brain tissue from an organ donor sat on a table at the Zucker School of Medicine's Structure Lab. Two medical students handled the specimen with gloved ...

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We’ve all experienced that sudden, sharp headache after gulping down an ice cream cone or slurping a slushy too quickly. That painful sensation, commonly known as “brain freeze” or “ice cream headache ...

Javier Milei’s market-absolutist hymn about reining in regulators and not big companies made two incorrect assumptions (By Invitation, January 17th). First, he stated that artificial intelligence will ...

The evolution of the human species is marked by an increase in brain size. Now new research suggests that could be partly dependent on increases in prenatal estrogen—revealed by looking at the length ...

Study: Mapping brain growth and sex differences across prenatal to postnatal development. Image credit: Mapping brain growth and sex differences across prenatal to ...

Long-term career planning is probably the most recommended activity for professionals seeking growth, mobility, and fulfillment. In fact, if an ambitious individual doesn’t have a solid plan for their ...

The idea that the human brain is divided into a logical left half and a creative right half has become one of the most enduring metaphors in psychology and popular culture. While this simplification ...

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Aron Barbey, the Andrew J. McKenna Family Professor of Psychology in Notre Dame’s Department of Psychology, is also the director of the Notre Dame Human Neuroimaging Center and the Decision ...