A new study examines how the hormone oxytocin helps to mediate social interactions. Read More
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. Read More
Bristol University researchers reveal strong circadian patterns for both negative and positive moods shared between Twitter users' Tweets. Read More
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. Read More
Research sheds light on how damage to the amygdala affects facial recognition and gaze perception. Read More
Researchers discover brain areas in primates exclusively dedicated to analyzing social interactions. Read More
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
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 may provide clues as to how cooperative behavior could have evolved differently between men and women. Read More
A new study provides insight into basic features of human cognition; how we understand and evaluate other creatures. Read More
In order to make informed choices, rats replay past experiences, a new study reports. Read More
