“We are social creatures who learn from others,” says Arash Javanbakht, a psychologist at Wayne State University and author ...

Empathy is the remarkable ability to perceive the thoughts, intentions, and emotions of other individuals. In human relations, empathy binds us together in interpersonal and social relations. It ...

Q: Can animals really smell fear?A: This one is a question that kind of hinges on the verb you used – smell. Fear is obviously an emotion, not a scent, however, some of the physical reactions that ...

A study finds that steady road noise can make urban squirrels feel safer. The predictability of sound matters more than ...

Feeling fear is an evolutionary survival tactic. A small number of people have a rare condition that means they're not scared ...

In an earlier blog post, I staged a debate between an advocate claiming that nonhuman animals have emotions and a skeptic arguing that there are simpler explanations of animal behavior. I did not ...