A romantic partner’s drinking habits, personality traits, and mental health can affect how much you drink, and even how strongly genetics influence your drinking behavior.

Forcing an AI system to “play nice” does not automatically make people cooperate. In one set of simulations, it barely moved ...

Studying social behavior is crucial for understanding how certain neuromodulatory pathways—like the serotonin pathway, which influences mood and social interactions—are regulated. Kavita Babu, ...

A new study suggests that the Agouti gene in the brains of male African striped mice can act as a molecular "switch," making ...

Scientists have identified how specific genetic changes function in cells to influence disease risk and other human health ...

From ancient nomads to modern job-hoppers, the urge to move may be written partly into our DNA. People’s tendency to set down roots far from where they were born is partly inherited and grounded in ...

A first-in-class gene-regulating therapy cut seizures by up to 91% in children with Dravet syndrome in extension studies, ...

Psychological development is like a river flowing along its course. From birth, our psychological maturation runs along healthy developmental lines like a river. Unimpeded, the river flows smoothly, ...

Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic ...

Massive Swedish study of over two million people reveals that genetic risk for mental illness often points toward ...

Being right- or left-handed is a familiar fact about yourself you likely don’t think about much on a day-to-day basis. However, your handedness affects how you interact with the world. For many people ...

A new experimental drug is showing remarkable promise for children with Dravet syndrome, a severe genetic form of epilepsy. In clinical trials, the treatment zorevunersen cut seizures by as much as 91 ...