Humans not only track each other’s behavior but also make inferences about what others are thinking. An enduring question in cognitive science concerns the extent to which this theory of mind (ToM) is shared with nonhuman animals [1]. Adapting a seminal eye-tracking paradigm [2], we recently showed that humans’ closest ape relatives (bonobos, chimpanzees, and […]

Nilton Custodio, Ana Wheelock, Daniela Thumala, Andrea Slachevsky Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering Self-Enhancement Science for the Success of Society. With a keen interest in exploring the untapped potential […]

Early research in the field of intuitive physics provided extensive evidence that humans succumb to common misconceptions and biases when predicting, judging, and explaining activity in the physical world. Recent work has demonstrated that, across a diverse range of situations, some biases can be explained by the application of normative physical principles to noisy perceptual […]