Have you ever met someone and felt an instant connection? Research from UCLA and Dartmouth suggests that our brains recognize familiar feelings before we even speak.

Mixed signals can feel confusing, exhausting, and strangely addictive. One moment someone pulls you close, the next they push ...

Psychology is not just for the future therapist. Psychology is for anyone who wants better to understand themselves, others ...

There’s a lot to love about brains. They are arguably the most complex organ in the entire human body. 86 billion neurons send electrical and chemical signals back and forth within your brain to ...

Human brains still react to chimp voices, hinting at a deep evolutionary link in how we recognize sound.

We need a new paradigm for addiction that puts psychology first and recognizes its heterogeneity. Only then will we see that ...

Humans don’t just recognize each other’s voices—our brains also light up for the calls of chimpanzees, hinting at ancient communication roots shared with our closest primate relatives. Researchers ...

When we watch someone move, get injured, or express emotion, our brain doesn’t just see it—it partially feels it. Researchers found eight body-like maps in the visual cortex that organize what we see ...

If an event is more likely to occur at a certain point in time, the brain tracks the time until it occurs more preciselyTo ...

The human brain is extraordinary. It builds cities, writes symphonies, and decodes the universe, yet forgets why it entered a room. It is capable of breathtaking creativity and catastrophic ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...