Studies into the neural circuitry of autistic mice could lead us to a better understanding of autism in humans—and the role that attention plays in it.

Neuroscientist Tony Zador presents his cutting-edge research in auditory attention and explains why rats’ brains can be studied more precisely than those of humans.

Neuroscientist Tony Zador explains how a sound wave is converted into neural signals that the brain can understand and speculates about the role of auditory attention in this process.

During a conversation at a cocktail party, you have to make one of two choices: actually listen to the person speaking to you, or nod your head in assent while […]

A conversation with the neuroscientist.

In 1889, three-hundred Parisian workers completed assembling 18,000 pieces of iron that comprise the Eiffel Tower.  The structure, intended to only stand 20 years, was initially received with great criticism, […]

The open access Journal of Science Communicationhas published several outstanding commentaries authored by a diversity of European, UK, and U.S. scholars assessing growth and trends in the academic discipline of […]

Using the tools of philosophic inquiry to ask questions about the world around us can bring clarity of thought of clarity of expression.

Cognitive science forces philosophers to think much more clearly about to what extent emotion and affect play a role in our cognitive economy.

Physicists should find it frustrating and upsetting that they don't really get what this fundamental mathematical theory tells us about the world.

Traditional philosophical questions are about the way the world works—and the best way to find out how the world works is to observe it in well-defined experimental situations.

If you're only interested in physics as a tool for engineering, you don't necessarily need to understand the true nature of what you're studying. But why wouldn't you want to?

When they ask the very basic conceptual questions about the physical world, mathematicians, physicists and philosophers are addressing many of the same issues.

A conversation with the Rutgers University philosopher.

Technology is replicating and replacing functions long held in the brain. What does offloading your brain to technology mean for such vital human as memory and creativity?

The higher-order capacity for inwardness and intimacy is vital for humanity, yet these characteristics are evolving away as technology advances.

With a smart phone always at arm's length, we are connected to the point of addiction. Is the solution more technology, or a digital detox?

NIH has to play a larger role in working with the private sector to get more effective treatments through the development pipeline, approved by the FDA, and into the hands […]

"Whether or not scientists are believers should not have a whole lot to do with how they conduct science," says Collins. He wishes more scientists were willing "to stand up […]

Some scientists see religion as a threat to the scientific method that should be resisted. But faith "is really asking a different set of questions," says Collins.