How cities are changing social behavior in urban animals

Sealed surfaces, artificial light and constant noise: What is part of everyday life for humans poses major challenges for ...
Psychology Today

When Changing Behavior Is Better Than Changing Beliefs

Sometimes the most effective shifts don’t start with convincing people to think differently. They start by getting them to ...

Scientists identify a brain region that differs between males and females and may influence social behavior

Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown cluster of brain cells that may help explain differences in social behavior ...
Medical Xpress

The loser's brain: How neuroscience controls social behavior

Social hierarchies are everywhere—think of high school dramas, where the athletes are portrayed as the most popular, or large companies, where the CEO makes the important decisions. Such hierarchies ...
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard Researchers Develop AI-Driven Framework To Study Social Interactions, A Step Forward for Autism Research

Harvard researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence-driven framework to track and analyze how rats interact in social environments, offering a new tool for studying autism and other ...
New Atlas

New snake species reveals rare reptilian social behavior

The discovery of a quartet of fossilized snakes, a never-before-seen species from the boa family that lived 38 million years ago, has provided paleontologists with a rare insight into reptilian social ...
The Scientist

One Gene with a Domino Effect on Social Behavior

Transcription factors that tune the expression of multiple genes could be key players in regulating behavior, but scientists need to scout for them. Peter Hamilton, a neuroscientist at Virginia ...