A newborn cannot speak, read, or walk. Yet moments after entering the world, the infant brain already responds to rhythm and ...

Humans are fundamentally "musical animals"—and our capacity for music is rooted in biology, not just culture. This is the conclusion of new work by University of Amsterdam professor of Music Cognition ...

A new study has developed a powerful computational method that can detect how genes interact with each other to influence complex traits in humans at a scale previously impossible. The new method was ...

Scientists studying 1,300 golden retrievers have uncovered genetic clues explaining why some dogs are more anxious, energetic, or aggressive than others. Remarkably, several of the same genes linked ...

As AI takes over routine tasks, business leaders argue that the distinctly human traits that no language model can replicate are becoming clearer—and far more valuable.

Human Connectome Project (HCP) map of white matter tracts connecting various brain regions. Source: Courtesy of the Human Connectome Project In November 2013, I wrote a Psychology Today blog post ...

Aggie alumna Kim Conley (center) competed in the 5,000 and 10,000 meter events at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. New research supports the idea that humans have long used endurance running as a way ...

Two recently published studies using the Mendelian randomization approach provided strong evidence that circulating SHBG is directly involved in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes, both in men and in ...