Votre chien grogne subitement face à un inconnu souriant ? Ce comportement apparemment irrationnel cache en réalité des mécanismes biologiques fascinants. Les capacités sensorielles exceptionnelles de nos compagnons à quatre pattes leur permettent de détecter des signaux imperceptibles pour...

Humans are wired to focus on threats, making constant negative news exhausting. Limiting exposure and focusing on what you can control helps reduce news fatigue. During several recent conversations, people have told me that they’ve stopped checking their phones in the morning. Not because nothing was happening, but because everything was. They described the feeling [...]

People under stress may find it harder to orient themselves in space, and researchers in Bochum have identified a possible reason why. The stress hormone cortisol appears to interfere with the brain system that helps people navigate. It weakens the activity of grid cells, which are important for spatial orientation. Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum [...]