Self-scratching among non-human primates is known to indicate social tension and anxiety. The two researchers from Kyoto ...

Cognitive neuroscience research shows how meditation can help disrupt habitual thinking, leading to more cognitive ...

Concepts encoded by concept neurons can be an animal, an article of clothing, a place, or a person. The concept can be evoked ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

Falling down this rabbit hole of what's called "monkey mind" can happen at any time. However, it's often a literal wake-up call at 3 AM or when you're literally doing nothing, allowing your thoughts ...

This, in a nutshell, is the heart of the stoned ape theory, or the idea that our impressive cognitive capabilities, like ...

FILE - Defense attorney Clarence Darrow, left, and prosecutor William Jennings Bryan speak with each other during the Scopes monkey trial in July 1925, in Dayton, Tenn. (AP Photo, File ...

FILE - Defense attorney Clarence Darrow, left, and prosecutor William Jennings Bryan speak with each other during the Scopes monkey trial in July 1925, in Dayton, Tenn. (AP Photo, File) NASHVILLE, ...

"Hal didn't know where it had come from, but every time the moth-eaten monkey with the strange yellow eyes clashed his cymbals, jang, jang, jang… somebody died. An irresistible urge had made him turn ...

My job, like many of yours, demands more from my brain than it is biologically capable of. The philosophical argument that phones, the internet, and AI tools are extensions of our minds Why humans ...