Some musical rhythms are built to get us bobbing, foot-tapping or dancing. Researchers show how rhythmic complexity matters ...

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Something curious happens in two people’s brains during supportive interactions. It could help explain their emotional power ...

The contemporary obsession with feeling good might mean we’re losing sight of what makes life genuinely meaningful ...

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Far more than an evolutionary imperative, caregiving is a gateway to our deepest humanity, and may explain our intelligence ...

Ecstatic moves, magic moments – this animated short documentary details one basketball fan’s love of the arena’s big screen ...

After fleeing war-torn Liberia, an outsider artist creates haunting portraits while seeking asylum in the Netherlands ...

Andrei A Buckareff is professor of philosophy and co-director of the cognitive science programme at Marist College in New York. His works include Causing Human Actions: New Perspectives on the Causal ...

To resist dogma and accept uncertainty, think like a pragmatist Founded in 19th-century America, the philosophy of pragmatism promises imaginative ways of coping with our circumstances by Michael ...