Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Ngamba Island chimpanzee in Uganda. The human capacity for rational thinking makes us unique among the animal kingdom, according ...

It has long been debated whether animals’ abilities to remember specific events and solve problems are a result of rational decision-making or simply thoughtless reflexes controlled by the environment ...

New research on chimpanzees is forcing scientists to rethink where the line between human and animal minds really lies. In carefully designed experiments, chimps are not just grabbing at treats or ...

Richard Dawkins, author, evolutionary biologist and emeritus fellow of New College, University of Oxford, is one of the world’s most prominent atheists. Credit: Fronteiras do Pensamento/wikipedia, CC ...

We often make the distinction between rational and emotional thinking, contrasting rational and emotional as the two options that are fighting for which one is going to prevail and lead to better ...

Understanding how your mind actually works and thinks through problems reveals why you excel in some areas and struggle in ...

Mr. Shapiro’s opinion piece is unnecessarily condemning of faith. Why choose either/or thinking? Rational thought is the language of intellect. Faith is the language of heart. In intellectual inquiry, ...