Is complex social behavior genetically determined? Yes, as a team of biologists from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf ...

The monogamy rate in humans may be higher than you expected... but we do it in a strange way compared to other animals.

An international team led by the University of Michigan has introduced new methods that reveal which regions of the brain were active throughout the day with single-cell resolution.

An international team led by the University of Michigan has introduced new methods that reveal which regions of the brain ...

A new study from experts with Georgia State University has achieved a long-standing goal in neuroscience: showing how the brain's smallest components build the systems that shape thought, emotion and ...

Fluorescent microscope image of transplanted microglia (branching yellow shapes) in a mouse brain. Image credit: Donn Van Deren, PhD. For more than a century, we’ve treated the brain like a bustling ...

Walk into any party and you’ll witness a living galaxy of behavior. Someone is brushing a friend’s hair; a couple leans close in flirtation; a group laughs too loudly over cards; others linger by the ...

“Human social dynamics are obviously far more complex," said Hsu. "The boss in one household might be at the bottom of the social ranking at work, and dominance behavior will change depending on the ...

Initiative that grew out of the Psychology Department at UC San Diego aims to make mental well-being as foundational as math and writing. General education courses aim to give students experience in ...

Amogh Chaturvedi is running on little sleep but plenty of conviction at 6 a.m. He’s groggy, apologetic for rescheduling, and still reeling from a recent scare involving a family member and an electric ...

Human behavior is endlessly fascinating. We all walk around with our own quirks and habits, often unaware of just how similar or different we might be from others. You might be surprised to learn just ...

Mountain Lake is really special. They do a field herpetology class. There is a Biology of Insects class. My Biology of Fishes class is a field-based class, where students are immersed in fish biology ...