It's think-or-swim time. AI may be our greatest evolutionary challenge since we came down from the trees. Meeting it requires ...

Select the journal/section where you want your idea to be submitted: Human development results from the complex interplay between genetic determinants (nature) and environmental factors (nurture).

Tiny people giggle at everything from tickling to peek-a-boo to silly faces. But do they really have a sense of humor?

Abstract: With the development of increasingly interconnected cyber-physical systems (CPSs), the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm must be expanded further to account for the collection, transmission, ...

Cognition holds because difficulty demands patience. What happens when AI no longer requires us to sustain engagement and delay resolution?

Research shows helping your kids grow up to be happy, fulfilled, and independent is relatively straightforward.

The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens.

Neuroscientists are tracking the brain activity that underlies a cognitive breakthrough and unraveling how it might boost ...

Cognitive neuroscience is the field of study focusing on the neural substrates of mental processes. It is at the intersection of psychology and neuroscience, but also overlaps with physiological ...

Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child's brain develops, with effects that last well beyond childhood. But families ...

Adolescence—beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20s—is a critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop. These changes in brain structure, ...