With so much of the world glued to World Cup soccer action for the next few weeks, often conversations turn to “the game." Although we are all watching the same games, people’s perceptions, ...

Are our senses there to provide us with the most complete representation of the world, or do they serve our survival? For a long time, the former was the dominant view in neuroscience. "Was" is the ...

As divisions deepen across our country, an increasing inability to understand one another fuels conflict. Political polarization, social media echo chambers, and cognitive biases prevent us from fully ...

To what extent has Earth’s gravity shaped our cognitive and brain functions? Utilizing spaceflight and a ground-based analog, a new study shows that the human brain relies on bodily gravitational ...