Cognitive Science

To make the inherent bitterness of cocoa in chocolate ice cream more palatable, manufacturers add high levels of fat and sugar.

It turns out the love hormone oxytocin is two-faced. Oxytocin has long been known as the warm, fuzzy hormone that promotes feelings of love, social bonding and well-being.

When our understanding of cause-and-effect is contradicted by what we actually see, sometimes our understand overrules our perception.

The idea that females are more resilient than males in responding to stress is a popular view, and now University at Buffalo researchers have found a scientific explanation.

Changes in the epigenome, including chemical modifications of DNA, can act as an extra layer of information in the genome, and are thought to play a role in learning and memory, as well as in age-related cognitive decline.

A new study has found that chasing down a moving object is not only a matter of sight or of sound, but of mind.

The power of the brain lies in its trillions of intercellular connections, called synapses that together form complex neural networks.

Hungry people are often difficult to deal with. A good meal can affect more than our mood, it can also influence our willingness to take risks.

Turns out, that old practice makes perfect adage may be overblown.

How does San Francisco Giants slugger Pablo Sandoval swat a 95 mph fastball, or tennis icon Venus Williams see the oncoming ball, let alone return her sister Serena's 120 mph serves?

Adding captivating visuals to a textbook lesson to attract children’s interest may sometimes make it harder for them to learn, a new study suggests.

Leaving the house in the morning may seem simple, but with every move we make, our brains are working feverishly to create maps of the outside world that allow us to navigate and to remember where we are.

Mathematicians from Queen Mary, University of London will bring researchers one-step closer to understanding how the structure of the brain relates to its function in two recently published studies.

Clenching your right hand may help form a stronger memory of an event or action, and clenching your left may help you recollect the memory later, according to research published April 24 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by...

We're all fatheads. That is, our brain cells are packed with fat molecules, more of them than almost any other cell type.