The brain of humans and other animals is known to contribute to the protection of the body from infections. Past studies have unveiled the existence of the so-called conditioned immune response (CIR), ...

Parrots are already known for their mimicry of transitive actions, such as grabbing an object. Because they are highly social creatures with brains that are large relative to the size of their bodies, ...

Why do beauty standards feel inescapable? Neuroscience and epigenetics reveal how our brains imprint cultural ideals—shaping ...

Advancements could enhance perceptual capabilities in robotics. Artificially engineered biological processes, such as ...

Where does fear come from? American psychologist John Watson wanted to find out — so, in the name of science, he tried to ...

Artificially engineered biological processes, such as perception systems, remain an elusive target for organic electronics experts due to the reliance of human senses on an adaptive network of sensory ...

A new collaboration has unlocked new potential for the field by creating a novel high-performance organic electrochemical neuron that responds within the frequency range of human neurons.

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But as with other group-living animals, human cosleeping is common ... Some families adopt cosleeping in response to their child having trouble sleeping. But child-parent bedsharing in many countries, ...

Previous work has demonstrated that humans respond appropriately to changes in volatility ... completed a learning task in which they had to choose one of two stimuli based on the separately estimated ...