FeaturedPsychology·August 19, 2017·4 min readWatching Children Learn How to LieResearchers investigate children's thought processes as they figure out how to deceive others.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·June 29, 2017·4 min readPeople Prove Adept at Predicting Emotional TransitionsWhile 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
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 18, 2017·4 min readNewly Discovered Brain Network Offers Clues to Social CognitionResearchers discover brain areas in primates exclusively dedicated to analyzing social interactions.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·April 8, 2017·6 min readDogs Can Adopt the Perspective of HumansA new study reports dogs can correctly interpret cues from humans to help find food they can not see.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·April 3, 2017·4 min readArea of the Brain Affected by Autism DetectedResearchers report the anterior cingulate cortex, an area of the brain associated with empathy, activates very weakly in people with autism.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 27, 2017·4 min readBrain Structure That Helps Us Understand What Others Think RevealedResearchers identify brain areas associated with developing the ability to "put ourselves in other people's shoes".Read More
FeaturedPsychology·October 6, 2016·5 min readApes Understand Some Things Are All in Your HeadResearchers reveal apes, like humans, have the ability to recognize that some beliefs may differ from reality.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Opinions·February 15, 2016·8 min readThe God Brain: Roundtable Discussion on God and Spirituality for Brain GamesIs belief in God innate in our brains, as if it were installed by some divine programmer? Or is spirituality a more complex evolving adaptation that has both helped and harmed us as a species? National Geographic's Brain Games asks Neuroscience News.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 2, 2016·5 min readOut of Sight Not Always Out of Mind, Especially for RavensResearchers report ravens share some human ability to think abstractly about other ravens, and adapt their behavior by attributing their own perceptions to others.Read More
AutismFeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 13, 2015·5 min readHow the ‘Social Brain’ is Functionally Impaired in AutismAccording to a new study, researchers have identified brain areas linked to social behaviors are insufficiently networked and underdeveloped in children with autism.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·October 6, 2015·4 min readUnderstanding Thoughts of Others Enables Kids to LieChildren who are taught to reason about the mental states of others are more likely to use deception to obtain a reward, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·February 28, 2012·4 min readStudy Shows How The Brain Responds To Deceptive AdvertisingSeveral specific regions of our brains are activated in a two-part process when we are exposed to deceptive advertising, according...Read More
