We've all experienced defeat at some point – losing a game, a potential new job, a debate. Now, a new study has found that the brain may learn from losing to others, with a specific group of neurons ...

Because same-sex sexual behavior does not result in offspring, evolutionary biologists have long wondered how the genes associated with this behavior have persisted in the human genome, and whether ...

Humans and other animals actively sense their surrounding environment. This entails the deliberate adjustment of motor ...

A study published in Molecular Psychiatry found that brain volume changes correlate with social behavior differences in psychiatric conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia. The ...

Never underestimate the mind of a crow. Members of a family of birds that includes ravens, rooks, magpies, and jays, crows have been known to bend wire into hooks to retrieve food; drop nuts in a road ...

A Rochester Institute of Technology professor has earned a prestigious National Science Foundation award to use computers to better understand human behavior and social interaction. Ifeoma Nwogu, an ...

A new study finds humans fall between meerkats and beavers in monogamy, revealing unique mating patterns among mammals.

Smallville is not your average AI system. Here, AI-driven agents are doing something extraordinary: they’re performing complex tasks, engaging in social interactions, and even organizing events ...