Featured series 
Tag: Social Behavior
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Nation & World
The neurons that hold our hidden thoughts
For the first time, neuroscientists were able to observe how individual neurons paint a rich and detailed representation of others’ beliefs, including whether they were true or not.
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Nation & World
Genetic control of collective behavior
Researchers use zebrafish to explore the connection between specific genetic mutations and group behavior.
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Nation & World
How biology affects behavioral decisions
Researchers have found that when making decisions that are important to the species’ survival, zebrafish choose to mate rather than to flee from a threat.
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Nation & World
Bees on the brink
Using an innovative robotic platform to observe bees’ behavior, Harvard researchers showed that, following exposure to a commonly used class of pesticides, bees spent less time nursing larvae and were less social than other bees.
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Nation & World
The eyes tell
A new study shows that gaze-following develops in monkeys in a way that’s nearly identical to humans, suggesting that the behavior has deep evolutionary roots.
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Nation & World
More ways of defining diversity
A study by a student at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education suggests that university staffs and students value having a diverse campus, but doubt that strict racial preferences are the right way to develop it.
