Why Love Literally Hurts
Most of us see the connection between social and physical pain as a figurative one. But research is providing compelling evidence that the two types of pain share a common source… More
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Agreed, Baby Pandas Are Cute. But Why?
NPR: Xiao Liwu made his public debut Thursday at the San Diego Zoo. Fans crowded around the exhibit, their camera… More
Scanning the Brain: Scientists Examine the Impact of fMRI Over the Past 20 Years
Understanding the human brain is one of the greatest scientific quests of all time, but the available methods have been… More
Big Data Has Left the Station
President’s Note: A big difference in the academy today compared with the academy we knew 25 years ago is the… More
Neuroscience Fiction
The New Yorker: In the early nineteen-nineties, David Poeppel, then a graduate student at M.I.T. (and a classmate of mine)—discovered… More
Personality Dynamics Through the Lens of Cognitive Science
With the goal of advancing a cognitive neuroscience of personality dynamics, leading researchers from the United States and Europe gathered… More