FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·September 23, 2019·3 min readNew study on sharing shows social norms play a role in decision makingInfluence of social norms shapes a child's desire to share by the age of eight.Read More
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FeaturedPsychology·February 18, 2019·3 min readCatch Me If You Can: Disguises are Surprisingly EffectiveResearchers report small, but deliberate changes in a person's facial appearance are effective in identity deception.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·November 14, 2018·4 min readPeople Are Better at Remembering Names Rather Than FacesThe common belief that we are better at remembering faces over names may not be true. Researchers report we are actually better at remembering a person's name than we are faces.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 10, 2018·3 min readNever Forget a Face? People Know an Average of 5,000 FacesA new study reveals that, on average, we are able to recognize 5,000 different faces.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·August 6, 2018·3 min readMale Birds Sing Less to Females on AntidepressantsA new study reports male songbirds sing less to females during courtship if they have been exposed to low levels of SSRI antidepressants.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 14, 2018·3 min readHow Our Ancestors with Autistic Traits Led a Revolution in Ice Age ArtA new study reveals a common autistic trait, the ability to focus on detail, may have allowed realism to flourish in Upper Paleolithic art.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 9, 2018·5 min readWhy Expressive Brows Might Have Mattered in Human EvolutionResearchers report expressive eyebrows allowed us to develop communication skills to establish greater social networks and express more nuanced emotions.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 14, 2018·3 min readCompassion Helped Neanderthals SurviveCompassion and helping care for their injured may have been key to Neanderthal survival, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 8, 2018·4 min readMemories Can Be Decoded from Brain Waves During SleepSleep spindles assist with the processing of relevant memories during sleep and help boost memory consolidation, researchers report.Read More