The brain's default mode network has an important role in how we respond to beauty, selectively engaging with highly moving visual art

Why do we lose the "superior" ability to perceive large objects' motion during development?

Experiments help answer significant questions about how leaders are perceived by followers and observers when they show humility

In a new study from the University of Sussex, people felt thinner and lighter when they experienced the scent of a lemon

Structural, functional, and neurophysiological comparisons between us and macaque monkeys show that this difficulty in stopping reactive responses is similar in our primate counterparts

Study of nonhuman primates lays groundwork for new strategies in treating anxiety disorders

Many explanations for Weber's Law have been proposed through the years

Researchers report that memory in the form of 'DNA methylation' is preserved between generations of fish, in contrast to humans where this is almost entirely erased

Scientists use fruit flies to find nine new genes associated with learning and memory, many of which are similar in people

A new study from Chuo University suggests that five- to eight-month-old babies show face-specific brain activity in response to yawning