When making decisions in social groups, people unconsciously rely on specific patterns of thought to simplify complex choices. But how does the brain process these decisions? A recent study published ...

Time and time again, I hear the term the social brain when people talk about social cognition. It’s a catchy phrase that captures how important social behavior is to the brains of social species, like ...

The human brain not only remembers who other people are, it also uses basic mathematical functions called basis functions to store information about how people interact — for example, how they work ...

Your brain is your most powerful asset, but modern life isn't always designed to protect it. In fact, many seemingly harmless daily habits can slowly chip away at cognitive performance, memory, and ...

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology used functional MRI scans to track which brain regions activated when 176 young adults watched scenes from "The Social Network," "Home Alone" ...

What makes teams thrive? Tracey Camilleri, Samantha Rockey, and Robin Dunbar’s book The Social Brain: The Psychology of Successful Groups offers an answer rooted in evolutionary psychology. Drawing on ...