Science can now explain the connection between information and consciousness. The answer is simpler—and stranger—than you might expect. The key is self-reference.

We tend to break things down into smaller components to make remembering easier. Event Segmentation Theory explains how we do ...

A new study suggests that the way young adults process moral emotions is shaped by a combination of their own personality ...

Researchers have also demonstrated that bodily signals such as breathing patterns and gut rhythms can influence emotional ...

There is clearly no need for formal instruction in "how to play," in "getting along with the group," in "selecting a dentist, ...

It's the 22nd strike the US military has carried out against boats that the Trump administration claimed were trafficking ...

A new scientific review challenges the popular assumption that highly intelligent people possess a naturally heightened capacity for feeling the emotions of others. The analysis suggests that ...

By the time Maggie May, an Arkansas resident in her 30s, was admitted to a psychiatric clinic in 2024, she had been ...

Within Lipscomb’s framework, Black men frequently adopt survival-oriented protective strategies such as emotional suppression, detachment, hypermasculinity, and resilience masking vulnerability to ...

UNICEF supports parents and caregivers in Guatemala with training and skills that turn talking, hugging and play into ...

Researchers discovered that unusually high temperatures can hinder early childhood development. Children living in hotter conditions were less likely to reach key learning milestones, especially in ...

What if we could peer into the brain and watch how it organizes information as we act, perceive, or make decisions? A new ...