New research from the University of California, Davis, has found that toddlers who tend to look more closely at and compare paired images during a memory task are more aware of the accuracy of their own memories a year later. This finding connects the earliest process of seeking information with the developing ability to judge the accuracy of memories.
What is the secret to happiness? A new study published in Nature Human Behaviour shows that happiness can come from either within or from external influences, from both, or neither — and which is true differs across people.
Cognitive migration describes when our imagination guides us through potential futures. It’s a process through which we work out the emotional, cognitive and social problems of traveling to a new location by putting ourselves in a future time and space.
Are dance and lullabies hardwired into humans? A UC Davis study challenges the idea that they are universal, using 43 years of research with the Northern Aché to explore cultural variation in human behavior.
The U.S. government’s recent shift to a non-cooperative negotiating strategy has used the tactic of threatening to increase the costs of not agreeing to U.S. terms, according to a UC Davis expert in international negotiations. While non-cooperation is far from unprecedented in international negotiations, it could make U.S. negotiations in the future much more challenging.
