Music is central to human emotion and culture. Does our ability to enjoy music have a biological basis? A genetic twin study, published in Nature Communications, shows that music enjoyment is partly ...

Imagine research not as slogging through a million links but talking to the smartest friend you have, that friend who ...

The developing nervous system in children is highly dynamic and vulnerable, with neurodevelopmental processes intricately ...

Interpersonal youth violence represents a multifactorial phenomenon and a growing concern within psychology, public health, and related applied disciplines.

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Scientists work with many different limitations. First and foremost, they navigate informational limitations, work around knowledge gaps when designing studies, formulating hypotheses, and analyzing ...

Meanwhile, the consequences of misinformation are only getting higher: People are using generative AI (gen AI) tools like ChatGPT to create fake research. A recent study published in the Harvard ...