Cognitive neuroscientists at Brown University investigated one of humanity's favorite pastimes and discovered how people can ...

Throughout the course of their lives, humans are known to build social ties with various other individuals in their community ...

The cognitive revolution is here. Our challenge and opportunity is to ensure it serves human flourishing rather than ...

Dr. Annie Fenn, author of “The Brain Health Kitchen,” joins TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager and guest co-host Maria Shriver to talk ...

Our brains are designed to misjudge reality. Evolution favors survival over truth, leading to predictable errors in ...

AI is disrupting the world, but it also presents an opportunity to ask what we are here for, and our role as stewards of meaning.

When it comes to social influence, knowing how people are connected matters more than simply knowing lots of people, found ...

The connections a baby's brain forms during the first two years of life, coupled with a baby's genetic makeup, offer a window ...

Art and literature hint at past people’s psyches. Now computers can identify patterns in those cognitive fossils, but human expertise remains crucial.

People use cognitive offloading (the use of physical action to reduce internal memory demand, such as writing a shopping list) in everyday life. In this Review, Richmond and Taylor describe ...

A new study recently published in Explorations in Economic History suggests that early-life exposure to lead in drinking ...