How can you tell what a mouse is feeling? New methods give neuroscientists some clues.
What do our pets really think about us?
Anyone who has pets will understand the strong bonds we feel towards them. But can our pets really understand this feeling, and how do they feel about us?
Octopi feel pain like you and I
New research shows that octopuses can have the negative emotional experience of pain
Translating faces into emotion
Scientists deciphered what mice were feeling by looking at their faces
Healing in Nature
How the outdoors can improve mental health
The quest for emotion mirror neurons
For years, scientists had predicted the existence of neurons in the brain that respond to both the experience and the observation of an emotion. It now seems that they have found them in rats!