People's perceptions and their interpretation of the world are known to often be influenced by their expectations and past ...

Can the way we see things define their outcomes? American Sociologist William Isaac Thomas, who is attributed with the idea of the Thomas Theorem, once said, “Real facts are the ways in which people ...

Scientists at Yale and the University of Connecticut have taken a major step in understanding how animal brains make decisions, revealing a crucial role for electrical synapses in “filtering” sensory ...

Children who grow up in antisocial families are more likely to be antisocial themselves. Much of the research into why this is so has focused on parents' behavior. A new study finds that the way ...

Animals, including humans, rely on multiple senses to navigate their environments and make decisions. This integration of ...

Join us at the "Social Norms and Economic Behavior: Gender Norms, Perceptions, and their Impact" event as we delve into the impact of misperceptions on gender norms and behaviors, highlighting ...

Sensations unrelated to hunger, like pain, influence neural activity in the brain’s hunger circuits through pathways that could be targeted. That’s the finding of Amber Alhadeff, the winner of the ...