Social isolation has a direct causal impact on how quickly cognitive function declines in later life, independent of whether someone feels lonely.

New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered a direct causal effect between social isolation and ...

How psychologists try to figure out what makes you, *you* Fact checked by Aaron Johnson Reviewed by Amy Morin, LCSW Have you ever wondered why you are the person you are today? Or why some people love ...

Part 1 of a series. Co-authored with Faye Cormick. Discussing cognitive diversity demands an understanding of social neuroscience, according to research by Matthew Lieberman at UCLA. His work is ...

Thinking about other people's emotions vs. actually feeling them Reviewed by Rachel Goldman, PhD, FTOS We generally think of empathy as the capacity to imagine ourselves in another person's shoes.

Building intelligent human-machine dialogue agents that can conduct natural and engaging conversations with humans is the long-standing goal of artificial intelligence (AI). Moreover, the persuasive ...