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.

Youth with related behavior challenges may have trouble moving between different brain states, according to a new study from ...

A collaborative study tested 17 strategies in an 'intervention tournament.' Interventions targeting future thinking, such as writing a letter for a child to read in the future, are the most effective ...

Humans have climbed to the top of the food chain by skillfully hunting, trapping, and fishing for other animals at scales that far exceed other predators, altering how the animals behave and earning ...

Researchers used the April 2024 solar eclipse to study its effect on songbird behavior. A smartphone app allowed over 1,000 citizen scientists to record bird observations across North America. The ...

A new study provides a comprehensive global synthesis of how vessel traffic affects large marine wildlife, including whales, ...

In a breakthrough study, scientists have transferred a courtship behavior from one species to another, triggering the recipient to perform this completely foreign act as if it was its own. While genes ...

As kids enter adolescence, peer influence splits in two—often in ways adults miss. Following 543 middle schoolers for one ...

This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and The National Institutes of Health (#HHSN263201200074I, Order No. HHSN26300107) and the Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Two conflicting memories can both be activated in a worm's brain, even if only one memory actively drives the animal's behavior, finds a new study. Two conflicting memories can both be activated in a ...

Decision-making in B2B marketing is a fickle beast — while practitioners often want to drill prospects with all relevant product information, there’s an opportunity to better understand buyers’ ...