Researchers led by Dr. Claire Foldi at Monash University have discovered that psilocybin, the psychoactive compound found in magic mushrooms, produces subtle but distinct effects on social behavior ...

Born on the same day, Bill and Ben both grew up to have high status. But in every other way they were polar opposites.

Terrorist attacks, whether by individuals or groups, are usually followed by attempts to explain the rationale and causes behind them. The core reasons, ...

Researchers discovered that psilocybin produces subtle, context-dependent effects on social behavior and IL-6 mediated inflammation in female mice. Activity-based anorexia (ABA) mice exhibited ...

Published January 7 in the journal Nature, one paper tackled the age-old problem of nature’s construction with a bit of a twist: it suggests that living networks, like our brain, may use some of the ...

Sometimes the most effective shifts don’t start with convincing people to think differently. They start by getting them to ...

Most organizations approach culture change through training and communication, assuming that if you educate people and build their skills, you can expect action. But people’s behavior rarely changes ...

Abstract: Understanding pedestrian behavior is crucial for the safe deployment of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) in urban environments. Traditional pedestrian behavior models often fall into two categories ...

Abstract: To improve the hybrid augmented intelligence of a human-in-the-loop (HiTL) control system, it is desirable to investigate the issue of human behavior learning (HBL), i.e., empower the ...

This is an important study on how dissociable emotions of shame and guilt emerge from cognitive processes and guide behavioral responses. The task is well designed and yields compelling behavioral, ...

A new theory on why Americans are like that grew into a meme that the left is now using to mock right-wing accounts like Homeland Security. The idea is simple—everyone in the U.S., especially those ...

Scientists have introduced a new term for an ancient behavior that may hold the key to understanding humanity's complex relationship with alcohol. Researchers from Dartmouth and the University of St ...