Yale researchers have shown that mutations of a gene associated with autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and epilepsy cause some of the same structural and behavioral abnormalities that characterize those neurodevelopmental disorders, they report...
Exposure to violence does not change the ability to learn who is likely to do harm, but it does damage the ability to place trust in “good people,” psychologists at Yale and University of Oxford report April 26 in the journal Nature Communications.
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Two Yale faculty members were among 100 new members and 25 foreign associates elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of distinguished and continuing achievements in science, the academy announced April 30.
The new members are:
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Where trees cluster in the world’s savannas is not chiefly determined by environmental influences, but instead follows distinct patterns that can be mathematically described, according to a study appearing the week of May 13 in the journal Proceedings of...
Why does coffee smell like coffee, whether on a San Diego beach or in the middle of Manhattan? Olfactory systems can distinguish incoming odors from backgrounds, even though different odors activate many of the same olfactory receptors.
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People whose identity is “fused” with that of a political leader are more likely to take extreme positions or commit violence on behalf of the leader, new studies by researchers at Yale and University of Oslo have found.
Followers of Donald Trump who have...
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterized by the inability of individuals to gauge the emotions and mental states of other people. However, if the lens is widened to include the behavior of people in general, those with ASD traits are as good or...
Yale scientists have found missing molecular “fossils” that shed light on a key event in the early evolution of life on earth — the origin of the cell nucleus — they report online Sept. 10 in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution.
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Building upon her hugely popular 2018 class and online Coursera course, Yale psychologist Laurie Santos is hosting a new 10-episode podcast, The Happiness Lab.
Santos explores some new takes on the science of what truly makes us happy and talks with some...