People with high levels of psychopathic tendencies are often incapable of feeling empathy for other people. From a brain ...

A new study is the first to show that two of our most sophisticated cognitive functions, using and understanding language and being able to sense how other people feel, have distinct origins in the ...

A new study from The Ohio State University reveals that in children as young as three, brain regions for language and for understanding others’ thoughts and feelings are already distinct, mirroring ...

Hormone levels fluctuate like the tides, ebbing and flowing according to carefully orchestrated cycles. These hormones not only influence the body, but can cross into the brain and shape the behavior ...

People with substance use disorder—whether addicted to alcohol, cocaine, heroin, or nicotine—share a strikingly similar ...

Researchers discover that language and Theory of Mind originate in separate brain regions in children, challenging theories of overlapping cognitive development.

Whether speaking or swinging a bat, precise and adaptable timing of movement is essential for everyday behavior. Although we do not have sensory organs like eyes or a nose to sense time, we can keep ...

A randomized controlled trial correlates 4 weeks of probiotics to positive microstructure and function changes in several ...

The amount of sugar in the brain plays a key role in governing the activity of the brain cells that make myelin, a study ...