Neuroscientists are developing methods to map the brain systems that allow us to recognize and get around our world.

Many behavioral studies suggest that using landmarks to navigate through large-scale spaces—known as map-based navigation—is ...

Donald Griffin founded cognitive ethology, studying animal minds and identifying echolocation. Consciousness aids animals in ...

What if mind-wandering is not a flaw but a clue to living—and dying—well? In Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich, it reveals what happens when we drift too far from our own lives.

Vocal researchers are learning how death metal singers safely produce extreme vocal distortions, in hopes of improving vocal ...