Monkeys Get More Selective With Age
As people get older, they become choosier about how they spend their time and with whom they spend it. Now, researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on…
psychology
Where You Are is Who You Are: How Enclosed and Open Spaces Affect Cognition
A recent study suggests that who we are might be more integrated with where we are than previously thought. “The built environment can restrict or promote spatial cognition, which can…
How We Understand Others
People who empathize easily with others do not necessarily understand them well. To the contrary: Excessive empathy can even impair understanding as a new study conducted by psychologists from Würzburg…
Why People Oppose Same-Sex Marriage
Why do opponents of same-sex marriage really oppose it? A UCLA psychology study published online today in the journal Psychological Science concludes that many people believe gay men and women…
Is Seeing Believing? People Are Surprisingly Bad at Identifying Where Sights and Sounds Originate
Our vision and hearing aren’t as reliable as we might think, according to a study by life scientists at UCLA. “Our basic sensory representation of the world — how information…
Why We Love Equality and Hate Those Who Cheat
A four-year-old girl sees three biscuits divided between a stuffed crocodile and a teddy bear. The crocodile gets two; the bear one. “Is that fair?” asks the experimenter. The girl…