As my family and I watch the excitement of March Madness unfold, I’ve noticed that there are deeper lessons embedded within the games, especially in the journey of the N.C. State basketball teams. A N ...

Scientists have identified dozens of previously overlooked cultural behaviors in wild chimpanzees, suggesting that the great ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Growing up in a dysfunctional home can leave lasting imprints that affect your day-to-day life, often without you even realizing ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience.View full ...

Operant conditioning, sometimes called instrumental conditioning or Skinnerian conditioning, is a method of learning that uses rewards and punishment to modify behavior. Through operant conditioning, ...

Bullying is a form of behavior in which a person causes another person repeated injury or discomfort. It may be a learned behavior and may occur due to certain characteristics and past experiences.

The recent high-profile suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, coupled with newly released data from the CDC on the general rise in suicide rates, have me returning to the lessons I learned ...

A recent study using camera traps and direct observation documented well-digging behavior in a group of chimpanzees in Uganda, initiated by a female that had immigrated into the group. Researchers ...