A new study investigates how our brains decide which news articles to read and share. Brain scans also help predict large scale virality of some posts. Read More
A new study reports two year old children and dogs show similar patterns of social intelligence, more so than human children and chimps. Read More
Researchers discover brain areas in primates exclusively dedicated to analyzing social interactions. Read More
Study reports significant reduction in gray matter volume in brain regions associated with social cognition for up to two years following birth. Read More
A new study reports short distance connectivity abnormalities may be involved in social cognitive deficits in those with ASD. Read More
A new study may provide clues as to how cooperative behavior could have evolved differently between men and women. Read More
Bristol University researchers reveal strong circadian patterns for both negative and positive moods shared between Twitter users' Tweets. Read More
A new study provides insight into basic features of human cognition; how we understand and evaluate other creatures. Read More
Research sheds light on how damage to the amygdala affects facial recognition and gaze perception. Read More
Researchers discover the attractiveness of others can impact how much we lie and the extent to which others believe those misrepresentations of the truth. Read More
Mothers who reported higher levels of parental stress had less synchrony in brain activity with their young children than moms who were more stress-free. The findings shed new light on how parental stress can impact the mother-child relationship on a day-to-day basis. Read More
Findings provide new evidence that autism is linked to lower empathy in the general population, and atypical empathy in ASD is not simply due to alexithymia, or emotional blindness. Researchers stress that the lack of empathy may not always be a negative quality. Read More
