The director of Duke University’s Mind & Culture Lab conducts research that sits at the intersection of culture, development, ...

While we may never know what it is like to be a cat or a dog, studies show that pet-caregiver relationships are reciprocal.

In a subsequent experiment, they demonstrated that the sex of the pet and the sex of the pet owner make a difference to the ...

Just as we changed our thinking around physical fitness, we need to change our attitude toward cognitive fitness.

Cognitive behavioral scientists from the Wharton School of Business conducted experiments to explore how much of our decision ...

Early in the pain process, newly generated neurons in the dentate gyrus showed increased activity – suggesting the brain initially mounts a protective response to persistent pain. Over time, however, ...

New research suggests that changes in speech rate, rather than memory lapses alone, may reflect early changes in the brain.

Cognitive behavioral scientists from the Wharton School of Business conducted experiments to explore how much of our decision-making we’re willing to turn over to AI.

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Pupil size in people with synesthesia changed depending on how bright or dark the perceived colors were.

In recent years, interdisciplinarity has become one of the central themes in higher education and research policy. Funding ...

Maintaining a positive outlook on life, and about aging in particular, also appears to benefit people in their later years.A 2022 study found that women over 50 who scored highest on a measure of ...