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Good Conversations Don’t Require Everybody to Agree, Neuroscience Shows
… All of this work hints that our interactions might be more harmonious if we were more in sync with one another. But evidence from a new technique called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) hyperscanning
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What We Know (And Don’t Know) About Autism, According to Science
… “Autism is not one condition,” said Geraldine Dawson, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University and founding director of the Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development. “It is many different conditions with
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How Your Brain Constructs—And Sometimes Distorts—Your Experience of the World
You probably think you’re listening to my voice right now. But what if I told you that you’re actually experiencing a sophisticated hallucination? Perception isn’t the passive process that most of us imagine it to
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How to Rekindle Your Love of Reading
The staff at my local library are usually a convivial bunch, but when I asked them about a recent report that fewer people were reading for fun, they grew subdued. … Elizabeth A.L. Stine-Morrow, a professor
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These Stunning Images Show Every Nerve in a Mouse
Your peripheral nervous system (PNS) is crucial to navigating daily life. It lets you walk, controls your eye movements, and rings your brain’s alarms when you step on a Lego brick. Yet researchers have never
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Why We Should Thank Pigeons For Our AI Breakthroughs
… If computers can do all that with just a pigeonlike brain, some animal researchers are now wondering if actual pigeons deserve more credit than they’re commonly given. “When considered in light of the accomplishments
