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·May 25, 2026·8 min read

Laughter Rewires Brain Architecture and Lowers Cognitive Load

Can laughter and play do their most brilliant work at a molecular level to accelerate human learning? A new developmental study reveals that laughter is a complex biological phenomenon that fundamentally rewires early brain architecture.

This illustration shows a mom and her child playing. Swirling around them are post-it notes with words in different languages.

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·February 18, 2026·8 min read

Mother-Child Brainwave Syncing Defeats the Language Barrier

Language doesn't limit love. New brain imaging research reveals that bilingual mothers and their children stay perfectly "in sync" even when speaking a second language.

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·February 24, 2020·3 min read

Generosity and selfishness: A neural dance

Unique signatures of neural synchrony reflect whether pro-social or anti-social decisions are made. Brain regions, including the cingulate gyrus, amygdala, and medial prefrontal cortex, are highly synchronized when pro-social behavior is exhibited but decreases in the presence of anti-social behavior.

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Featured Psychology

·February 14, 2013·2 min read

Study Shows Limits on Brains Ability to Perceive Multifeatured Objects

A new study sheds light on how the brain encodes objects with multiple features, a fundamental task for the perceptual system. Researchers suggest neurons that encode a certain feature, such as shape or color, fire in synchrony with neurons that encode other features of the same object.