Exposure to green spaces from a young age is crucial for children's social, emotional, and mental growth.

New research demonstrates that hypnosis -- the process of focusing a person's attention on a specific task or sensation -- can turn a normally difficult visual task into a far easier one by helping individuals mentally 'fill in the gaps' of missing visual cues.

Researchers find that viewing interests as developable, not fixed, can help people make connections among diverse fields that others might miss, with implications for innovation.

A new study finds researchers can actually tell if a person is hearing happy or sad music based on the activity going on in certain regions of the brain.

Need a motivational boost? Attending an awards ceremony might do the trick.

The ability to navigate social systems efficiently is critical to our species. Bullshitting, a style of communication characterised by an intent to be convincing or impressive without concern for the truth, is ubiquitous within human societies.

Young people are better motivated in scientific fields when they look up to success stories forged through hard work as opposed to genetically-gifted genius.