Young adults who are happier in their romantic relationships are more likely to have positive views about marriage—and a flexible mindset that considers different perspectives may help explain why.

It's time to stop bickering, accept what science tells us, acknowledge the widespread occurrence of intentional behavioral flexibility, and pay attention to why it has evolved.

A recent study performed on chimpanzees demonstrates that chimpanzees possess cognitive flexibility similar to that of humans. When circumstances or evidence change, chimps appear to do the thing ...

Why do analytical people fall for conspiracy theories? A new study reveals that individuals who crave strict rules and predictable patterns are easily drawn to the artificial sense of order that ...

Animals are forming lasting social bonds with different species, engaging in cooperative hunting and peaceful companionship. Research suggests these cross-species relationships stem from cognitive ...

The study of nootropics in cognitive research illustrates both the promise and the complexity of brain optimization. Focus, ...

If you have anxiety and self-doubt, there is more happening behind the scenes than you realize. Problematic core beliefs, ...

Macaque’s social tolerance grades, through its underlying cognitive demands, shape subcortical structures volumes.

But how many people consider their brain health? Too few, I’d guess, and perhaps that’s because we think of it as a fixed ...

Researchers find that the amygdala is a sophisticated mediator that chooses between action-based and stimulus-based learning ...

In many ways, generative AI has made finding information on the Internet a lot easier. But, because LLMs are trained on past ...

Cognitive “speed training” can reduce the risk of a dementia diagnosis by 25 per cent – that’s according to results from the world’s first randomised controlled trial of any intervention against the ...