Informed decision making depends on the ability to accurately evaluate and understand information about risk, suggests a new study. A state-of-the-science review of the literature concludes that ...

A new study suggests that even if monkeys do not realize they have received a visual signal, they still change their behavior using it. The visual cortex makes up one of the largest regions of the ...

SALT LAKE CITY—Unraveling the genetics of social behavior and cognitive abilities, researchers at the University of Utah and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have traced the role of two genes ...