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·September 21, 2025·9 min read

Boys Adjust Calorie Intake After Snacks While Girls Keep Eating

A new study found that young boys adjusted their food intake at mealtime when they had already eaten a fruit snack, but girls did not. The findings suggest that boys are more likely to listen to their body’s signals of hunger and fullness, while girls may rely on social or environmental cues.

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·January 6, 2025·4 min read

How the Brain Blends Senses to Understand Social Cues

New research reveals how smell and hearing interact in the brain during maternal behaviors like pup retrieval in mice. Signals from the basal amygdala (BA) merge with auditory inputs in the auditory cortex (AC), influencing responses to social sounds.

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·November 27, 2023·5 min read

Brain’s Role in Social Cues

Researchers uncovered a crucial role of the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC) in processing social cues, expanding our understanding of this brain region beyond working memory and multisensory integration. Using a novel approach, the study found that while individual neurons in the VLPFC of macaques showed complex responses to social stimuli, their collective activity could be decoded by a machine learning model to identify expressions and identities in videos.

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·June 7, 2018·5 min read

Human Encouragement Might Influence How Dogs Solve Problems

According to researchers, the behavior of the owner may influence dogs during problem solving tasks.

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·November 27, 2017·6 min read

Autism and the Smell of Fear

People on the autism spectrum appear to have different reactions to subliminal social odors, researchers report.

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·April 14, 2017·6 min read

Infants Show Racial Bias toward Members of Own Race and against Those of Other Races

Researchers report infants show racial bias in favor of members of their own race as early as 6 months old.

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·November 19, 2016·6 min read

Role of the Physical Environment in ‘Broken Windows’ Theory: How Visual Cues Can Encourage Rule Breaking

A new study reveals how certain subconscious visual cues can influence rule breaking behavior.

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·September 2, 2016·4 min read

Babies Chew on Subtle Social and Cultural Cues at Mealtime

Babies pay close attention to what food is eaten around them and who is eating it, a new study reports.

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·February 9, 2016·4 min read

Girls at Risk for Autism Pay More Attention to Social Cues

A new study reports infant girls who are at risk for autism pay more attention to social cues in faces than boys.

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·September 30, 2015·3 min read

Why People With Schizophrenia Misinterpret Social Cues

A new study provides insights into why some people with schizophrenia misinterpret social cues from other people, which often leads to them feeling paranoid and persecuted.

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·July 15, 2015·5 min read

Is the Ability to Control and Redirect Attention Uniquely Human?

Researchers have discovered key parts of the human brain network give us the power to control and shift our attention. This core cognitive ability may be unique to humans.