Sharing anecdotes is not misinformation, but it can produce miscalibration, making to harder to make sense of the facts, writes Catherine De Soto.

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University of Allahabad, commenced the 12th Annual Conference of Cognitive Science (ACCS-12) on Thursday with a pre-conference workshop, bringing together leading researchers, scholars, and ...

Essential reading for those working directly in the cognitive sciences or in related specialist areas, Trends in Cognitive Sciences provides an instant overview of current thinking for scientists, ...

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Are you an objectivist or a nihilist? A mystic or a communitarian? Or something else entirely? Here's a fun way to find out.

Spending a few hours a week helping others may slow the aging of the brain. Researchers found that both formal volunteering ...

A wave of new studies is shedding light on the risks of early smartphone access and heavy screen use for adolescent mental ...

New research from Fujita Health University reveals that talking can subtly delay the eyes’ ability to detect and stabilize on ...

We have only just started to understand how our brains clean themselves, but columnist Helen Thomson finds promising evidence ...

About 1 in 10 adults aged 70 or older may be eligible for anti-amyloid therapy, finds the first population-based study to use ...

Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez has found ways to plant memories in mice. Here's what that could mean for humans.