From work meetings to first dates, it's essential to adjust our behavior for success. In certain situations, it can even be a ...

From popular culture to the dark corners of the internet, there are many claims about “fundamental” differences between people on the basis of gender, racial or ethnic groups, sexuality, or other ...

The idea that people make decisions based on social context is not a new one in neural economic games. But now, for the first time, researchers show the impact of the social context may spring from ...

Leafcutter ants live in highly organized colonies where every ant has a job, and now researchers can flip those jobs like a switch. By manipulating just two neuropeptides, scientists can turn ...

Our first meeting was a bit awkward. One of us is an archaeologist who studies how past peoples interacted with their environments. Two of us are geophysicists who investigate interactions between ...

Professor Yang Yongzhong has proposed the global proposition of"The Methodization of Human Behavior: From 'Thinking Thrice BeforeActing' to 'Ask Thrice Before Acting'".（杨永忠提出“行为方法化”理念，倡导“三思而后行”向“三问而 ...

In this series called Member Showcase, we publish interviews with members of The Oracles. This interview is with Chase Hughes, founder and president of Applied Behavior Research, which develops ...

Our science journalists reported on the Stand Up for Science rallies held in New York City and Raleigh, North Carolina. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

Human behavior is a tapestry woven from culture, environment, and biology. Among the most intriguing aspects of this tapestry is risk-taking—those bold, sometimes reckless decisions that can lead to ...