Study indicates that removing a temptation is more effective than relying on willpower alone.

An Android app which keeps tabs on users’ mood swings and works out what might be causing them has been developed by researchers, with implications for psychological therapy and improving well-being.

Research shows that intimate personal attributes can be predicted with high levels of accuracy from ‘traces’ left by seemingly innocuous digital behaviour, in this case Facebook Likes. The study raises important questions about personalised marketing and online privacy.

Research suggests that Eurasian Jays might be able to determine aspects of the ‘internal life’ of their mate.

Researchers have offered a convincing new theory which explains why children believe that they are invisible when they cover their eyes.

Cambridge scientists have used an age-old fable to help illustrate how we think differently to other animals.

Scientists have created a simple new model of the human brain which reproduces the statistics of its complex network organization.

Online test allows public to assess their recall; scientists will use data to study long-term memory.

What is it about the human brain that makes language possible? Two evolutionary systems working together, say neuroscientists Professor William Marslen-Wilson and Professor Lorraine Tyler.

Certain types of birds may track army ant swarms using sophisticated memory and the ability to plan for the future.