New research proposes a unified theory of brain function based on criticality—a state where the brain teeters between order ...

Understanding others’ beliefs—especially false ones—is key to human communication and begins to develop between ages three ...

In a new paper with implications for preventing Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders, Keith Hengen, an ...

With a growing global population and a greater proportion of people living over the age of 65, it is likely dementia cases ...

We can't see what other people are thinking, so we have to infer it and that's very crucial for our communication as humans.

Fluoride has long been the subject of conspiracy theories. In the 1950s, some believed its presence in US tap water was a communist plot to undermine America (famously satirised in the film Dr.

Jean Piaget, a Swiss psychologist, profoundly impacted educational theory with his comprehensive theory of cognitive development. His work was developed in the mid-20th century, but it remains highly ...

Piaget's stages of development is a theory about how children learn and gain skills as they grow up, from birth to adulthood. Learn more.