Guilt and shame arise from different cognitive triggers and rely on distinct neural systems to guide compensatory behavior.

Feeling invisible after hundreds of applications? Neuroscience shows why job searching destabilizes and how to break the helplessness cycle to build real resilience.

Watching when people blink can help you tell whether you have their attention. Is there an easy way to tell when someone is ...

Endless drinks, heavy meals, late nights—and that’s just the first week of December. ‘Silly season’ has arrived and, for many ...

Endless drinks, heavy meals, late nights—and that’s just the first week of December. ‘Silly season’ has arrived and, for many ...

Every animal with a brain needs sleep -- and even a few without a brain do, too. Humans sleep, birds sleep, whales sleep and even jellyfish sleep.

It was once believed that mice had relatively poor vision. Turns out mice are far from blind – and studying how their vision ...

During development of the digestive system, a complex network of nerves forms around it, creating a "second brain"—the ...

Despite how advanced robots have become, getting them to feel the way humans do is an incredibly complex challenge.

Animals that navigate extreme conditions and environments have evolved to sleep in extreme ways — for example, stealing seconds at a time during around-the-clock parenting, getting winks on the wing ...

As teens spend less time with their friends in person, scientists are beginning to uncover how isolation may affect the ...

During development of the digestive system, a complex network of nerves forms around it, creating a "second brain" - the ...