Cognition

An online citizen science project is recruiting 30,000 volunteers to assess whether exercises to improve memory and attention are valid—and if so, for whom

Psychologist Susan Blackmore stays grounded in science while exploring the outer reaches of consciousness.

The solipsism problem, also called the problem of other minds, lurks at the heart of science, philosophy, religion, the arts and the human condition

How Giovanni Strazza rejected reality to make marble lifelike

Contributing editor W. Wayt Gibbs spoke with Arthur Caplan, head of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s division of medical ethics, about some of the ethical issues that researchers have to consider in testing and distributing vaccines against COVID-19.

Usage patterns shape biases worldwide, whether in Japanese, Persian or English

As babies, we learn that it’s ourself we see in a mirror. But online meeting rooms are a whole different thing

Objects’ hidden physical traits can help people locate them faster

Individuals aren’t very good at judging whether someone coughing or sneezing has an infectious condition or is simply reacting to something benign.

Those that eat insects, migrate or usually live in the woods are most likely to fly into buildings that feature a lot of glass.

Velvety free-tailed bats produce sounds that help them locate insect prey but simultaneously identify them to their companions.