Starting in the 1970s, researchers identified a beautiful system of specialised cells in the hippocampus (the brain’s memory centre) and entorhinal cortex (an area that deals with memory, navigation, ...

THE most characteristic feature of the best psychology of the present day is the tendency to look for much of the explanation of mental life in its antecedents and surroundings. The older ...

This contradicts the fact that social animals derive benefits from living in a group, and observations that positive forms of social behaviour are the predominant type in stable groups. In particular, ...

Animals aren't immune to the influence of a full moon, either. Here are five examples of how their behaviour is shaped ... days surrounding a full moon. The types of emergencies ranged from ...