Guilt and shame arise from different cognitive triggers and rely on distinct neural systems to guide compensatory behavior.

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The innate health assessment is a checklist of 10 characteristics to look for if you’re getting a puppy or dog. A score of 8 ...

Tampa, Fla (Nov. 6, 2025) — An international research team that includes USF Health researcher Dr. Yong Xu and two colleagues from Great Britain has been awarded a European Research Council Synergy ...

Innate Pharma is set to lose 30% of its employees, including its chief scientific officer, as the French biotech focuses on its “highest-value assets.” Investment will be prioritized in candidates ...

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This valuable work shows that subcortically-generated behaviors, like grooming, can have widespread representations in cortical activity. While the evidence is solid, additional analyses are necessary ...

Not revised: This Reviewed Preprint includes the authors’ original preprint (without revision), an eLife assessment, and public reviews. In their manuscript, Michelson et al use a combination of ...

A team in Japan reports that switching on one gene in a specific set of brain cells made one fruit fly species perform the courtship ritual of another. The two species involved, split from a common ...

Summary: A new study reveals that the brain’s basal ganglia use two distinct neural “languages” to control movement — one for learned skills and another for innate behaviors. Studying rats, ...

When it comes to discerning whether someone has genuine taste or just a fat wallet, it often boils down to subtle behaviors rather than overt displays of wealth. Money can buy a lot, but it can’t ...