The natural and the social world shaped the evolution of each. Knowing whom to invite to dinner is as important as knowing ...

In reptiles, a simple temperature change can determine whether an egg develops into a male or female. This process is formally known as temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD), in which the sex ...

A psychologist explains the evolutionary and psychological roots of laughter, and what an infant’s giggles teach us about how adults bond.

An early figure in the psychoanalytic movement, Jung is often written off. But his ideas of the collective unconscious and emphasis on archetype and myth resonate.

For years, evolutionary psychologists and biologists have investigated the idea that the shape of a man’s face can predict his behavior. A specific measurement known as the facial width-to-height ...

Dr. Mireault is a developmental psychologist at Vermont State University. My son was 14 weeks old when he made his first unmistakable whole-body belly laugh. In the months that followed, his laughter ...

High‑growth leadership is often framed as a strategic achievement: scaling systems, hiring talent, and navigating uncertainty. But after two decades working at the intersection of psychology and ...

This perspective article brings to focus the unpredictable trajectory of AI-human cognitive co-evolution. Challenging the notion of a fixed ‘Stone Age brain’, it emphasizes the adaptive and plastic ...

Pancreas development in pigs resembles humans much more closely than does the established mouse model. An international team headed by Helmholtz Munich and the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD ...