This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

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I am working on orchestrating agents in different strategies as described in the semantic kernel (Concurrent, Sequential). I want each agent in the orchestration to have their own functions dedicated ...

The article presents important findings of a dissociation between phasic and tonic pain functions in adaptive behavior, combining immersive VR, computational modeling, skin conductance, and EEG data.

Not revised: This Reviewed Preprint includes the authors’ original preprint (without revision), an eLife assessment, public reviews, and a provisional response from the authors. This article presents ...

We were all taught to be kind to our fellow humans. We all believe that kindness is a net positive for society as a whole. But as we go through life, we realize that there is a considerable gap ...

Some examples of narcissistic behavior include inflating one’s accomplishments to gain praise, ignoring other people’s feelings, and deliberately taking credit for someone else’s work. Narcissistic ...

We live in an era of constant surveillance. Psychology research shows how this might change how we perceive the world — even unconsciously When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

In 1785 English philosopher Jeremy Bentham designed the perfect prison: Cells circle a tower from which an unseen guard can observe any inmate at will. As far as a prisoner knows, at any given time, ...