More than 8 major philosophical perspectives, from Homo sapiens to Homo viator, have attempted to explain human nature, human ...

Human Connectome Project (HCP) map of white matter tracts connecting various brain regions. Source: Courtesy of the Human Connectome Project In November 2013, I wrote a Psychology Today blog post ...

Genome sequencing has been used to determine how much genes influence human characteristics including height and weight, and susceptibility to diseases like type 2 diabetes, in a study co-led by ...

A new study has developed a powerful computational method that can detect how genes interact with each other to influence complex traits in humans at a scale previously impossible. The new method was ...

Artificial intelligence is getting remarkably good at handling the kind of repetitive work that defined entry-level roles for generations. But as AI takes over more and more routine tasks, a growing ...