Study reveals women have higher activation in sensory areas of the brain associated with pain compared to males when witnessing another person suffering.
Researchers shed light on how we are able to effectively form mental images of how objects look to other people.
A new study reports short distance connectivity abnormalities may be involved in social cognitive deficits in those with ASD.
Researchers say people may be over estimating the cognitive abilities of dogs. A new study reveals dog intelligence is matched with that of other domestic animals, social hunters and carnivores.
A new study reports the preference for a child to cradle dolls on the left side have higher social cognitive ability than those with right cradling bias.
A new study examines how the hormone oxytocin helps to mediate social interactions.
According to researchers, when people are aware they are being observed, brain areas associated with social awareness and reward activate a part of the brain that affects motor control, helping them to perform better at skilled tasks.
Bristol University researchers reveal strong circadian patterns for both negative and positive moods shared between Twitter users' Tweets.
While it is easy for most of us to read the emotions of those around us at a given time, researchers suggest that people are also skilled at predicting future emotions in others, thanks to a mental model of emotional transitions.
Research sheds light on how damage to the amygdala affects facial recognition and gaze perception.
Researchers discover brain areas in primates exclusively dedicated to analyzing social interactions.
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.