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Baboon bonds: new study reveals that friendships make up for a bad start in life
Two juvenile baboons passively share information about a food source when one sniffs the other’s muzzle while feeding.…
Debunking the Dunning-Kruger effect – the least skilled people know how much they don’t know, but everyone thinks they are better than average
David Dunning and Justin Kruger tested psychology students to see whether the least skilled were also the most…
Study Shows Humans Constantly Signal for Help and Cooperate Across Cultures
People worldwide signal for assistance every few minutes, and others comply with these small requests far more often…
Milestone developments at four years old help children tell lies, play hide-and-seek and read maps
ANURAK PONGPATIMET/Shutterstock Martin Doherty, University of East Anglia At the age of about four, children reach important milestones…
Body language books get it wrong: the truth about reading nonverbal cues
Defensive, uncertain, confident, confrontational: can your body language reveal what you’re thinking? Pexels/Jopwell Geoff Beattie, Edge Hill University…
Imagination makes us human – this unique ability to envision what doesn’t exist has a long evolutionary history
Your brain can imagine things that haven’t happened or that don’t even exist. agsandrew/iStock via Getty Images Plus…
ChatGPT could be an effective and affordable tutor
Educational software has a long history, but chatbots could help students excel like never before. Fabio Principe /…
Climate change trauma has real impacts on cognition and the brain, wildfire survivors study shows
The 2018 Camp Fire killed 85 people and destroyed 20,000 buildings in and around Paradise, Calif. Marcus Yam…
How spatial thinking could help children learn maths – and go on to use it in their careers
SUKJAI PHOTO/Shutterstock Emily Farran, University of Surrey Do you struggle to visualise how to rotate your shoes so…
Why does love feel magical? It’s an evolutionary advantage
Evolutionary psychology may explain why magical thinking is so central to love. Viva Luna Studios via Unsplash, CC…