Chimpanzees exhibit some very human-like behaviors: they use a huge array of tools, they “mourn” the deaths of group members, and they can even ride Segways. We’ve known for a while that chimps make ...

Brain imaging illustrates that the same region of the brain is used for thoughts of self and similar others. Researchers have shown that we use the region of the brain associated with introspection to ...

Animals survive in changing and unpredictable environments by not merely responding to new circumstances, but also, like humans, by forming inferences about their surroundings-for instance, squirrels ...

Imagine that you, as a manager, have two employees in similar positions, one whose personality you enjoy and one who gets on your nerves. They make the same small but significant mistake. A few months ...

Almost a century ago, Justice Louis Brandeis recognized that “[s]ilence is often evidence of the most persuasive character.” Bilokumsky v. Tod, 263 U.S. 149, 153 (1923). In civil litigation that ...