Why do these highly disciplined attempts at human dialogue fail? The reason, says Abraham Kaplan, a professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan, is that they are not really dialogues at all.

At the heart of behavior research (and indeed any area of inquiry into the natural world), is the art of asking questions ... the mislabeling of actions of non-human animals as human-like thought ...

Dealing with a difficult boss or coworker can test your patience and be drag on your productivity. But working with a narcissist, on the other hand, can be downright unhealthy. Their selfishness ...

The origin of modern human behavior: Critique of the models and their ... The emergence of ornaments and art: An archaeological perspective on the origins of "behavioural modernity." ...

The emergence of artistic expression, abstract thought, and symbolic behavior may have occurred much earlier in human history ...

Neuroscientists use cellular and molecular biology, anatomy and physiology, human behavior and cognition, and other disciplines, to map the brain at a mechanistic level. Humans have an estimated ...

There was skepticism about the existence of abstract or symbolic thought in early hominins, with the understanding that symbolic behavior, such as art or abstract expression, emerged much later in ...