An individual’s personality does not lie in their behavior or their genes but in the brain: study
Do you value courage and bravery or intelligence and learning? Your answer may indicate whether you end up in Gryffindor
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Violent victimization among youths is linked to risky sexual behavior
Being young is tough. Adolescence is a time of tremendous change, when young people experience rapid and intense physical, mental
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Testosterone has a complicated relationship with moral reasoning, study finds
Although some studies have linked high levels of testosterone to immoral behavior, a new study published in Nature Human Behaviour
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The brain’s pathways to imagination may hold the key to altruistic behavior: When we see people in trouble, we also imagine how we can help before we act
In those split seconds when people witness others in distress, neural pathways in the brain support the drive to help
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Study explores role of metabolism in immune cell behavior
What makes healthy cells change and become dysfunctional to the point of causing disease? In addition to a disruption in
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Early life stress plus overexpressed FKBP5 protein increases anxiety behavior
Researchers continue to dig for molecular clues to better understand how gene-environment interactions influence neuropsychiatric disease risk and resilience. An
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‘Mindreading’ neurons capable of having expectations about the behavior of the others
Psychologists and philosophers have long suggested that simulation is the mechanism whereby humans understand the minds of others. However, the
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How superstitions spread: Even seemingly irrational beliefs can become ensconced in the social norms of a society
Ancient Roman leaders once made decisions about important events, such as when to hold elections or where to build new
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People with a sense of oneness experience greater life satisfaction: Effect is found regardless of religion
People who believe in oneness — the idea that everything in the world is connected and interdependent — appear to
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Are you with me? New model explains origins of empathy
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute and the Santa Fe Institute have developed a new model to explain the evolutionary
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