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Psychological and brain science

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Brain science
Clever images open doors for brain research
Published Oct 6, 2025
New AI-generated images that appear to be one thing, but something else entirely when rotated, are helping scientists at JHU's Perception & Mind Lab expand their ability to test human perception
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Voices
Why universities and federal funding fuel the future
Published April 8, 2025
By combining private and public resources at universities, we create the engine that makes curiosity possible—for our health, our economy, our humanity
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Animal behavior
Bats' Plan B for when they can't hear
Published Nov 25, 2024 Video
New research by Johns Hopkins neuroscientists reveals instant compensation strategy that other animals might share
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Infant cognition
Babies' long looks: Can researchers trust them?
Published Oct 14, 2024
New analysis of 20 years of baby cognition work validates classic research technique
Susan Courtney
In memoriam
Visionary cognitive neuroscientist Susan Courtney dies at 57
Published June 13, 2024
Courtney's research focused on understanding the neural basis of higher cognitive function, and she was especially interested in how brain structure was affected by aging or disease
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Animal cognition
'Surprisingly strategic' mice think like babies
Published April 26, 2024
Findings by Johns Hopkins neuroscientists deepen our understanding of animal cognition
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Animal cognition
Apes remember friends they haven't seen for decades
Published Dec 18, 2023 Video
Study finds the longest lasting non-human social memories ever documented
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Brain science
The science of shaking presents
Published Dec 11, 2023 Video
Watching people shake presents reveals little-known quirk of human cognition
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Human cognition
Shaking boxes for science
Published Nov 20, 2023 Video
When Johns Hopkins researchers asked hundreds of people to watch other people shake boxes, it took just seconds for almost all of them to figure out what the shaking was for
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Psychology
Married people who cheat don't regret it
Published May 22, 2023
Married people who have affairs find them highly satisfying, express little remorse, and believe the cheating didn't hurt their otherwise healthy marriages, finds a new Johns Hopkins report on the psychology of infidelity