What does it mean to be monogamous? Is it: Sexual exclusivity between two partners? A two-party partnership, characterized by cooperation w...

Marquise de Pompadour Anne Boleyn You can find me over at the Scientific American guest blog today, where I tackle the moral o...

Does the experience of regret serve a purpose? Is it a necessary element of sociality?

What didn’t Sesame Street teach us? Working together (sometimes) makes things go easier—whether you're a part of a group of Muppets who ...

Researchers have suggested that Disney generates a successful experience because our brains are responsive and receptive to art, creativity,...

Are there universals to flirting strategies?  Does a lingering glance mean the same in all social-sexual encounters? So much of flirting is ...

It's happened to all of us. The poorly timed remark, tripping over an uneven sidewalk, a torn seam or an open button or zipper, or even...

Appropriate social and emotional responses are often culturally driven, and produced to various degrees dependent on personality. Regardless...

A few months ago, I wrote about the response to a crying child on the subway. Yesterday in a packed subway car, a young mom struggled with ...

It's no secret that the Internet is a black hole when it comes to time. Fifteen minutes on Twitter spirals into an hour or two of witty ...

How is it that some animals transitioned from food to friends, and what is the significance of this relationship?

It’s not quite news that Cookie Monster no longer eats cookies. Well, he eats ONE cookie. After he fills up on vegetables! Vegetables!! ...

When you are friends you can fart together.

Credit: Cynicald Do you reach for your smart phone as soon as you wake up? Take it into the bathroom with you? Do you absolutely need to ...

We've heard the horror stories about the times when friending a supervisor went astray (seriously, Google Facebook fired—there's eve...

Yesterday, I posted a link to an article from the Times on the nature of titles and the response of some women to being called ma’am. My fe...

Anyone who has taken mass transit knows how intense the experience can be with an unhappy child in close proximity. Loud iPods, sprawling se...

It seems the iGeneration is coming of age—and they're addressing the very issues the "old timers" have been railing about far ...

Formspring , a recent entry into the social networking milieu, is finally beginning to attract mainstream attention as parents and educato...

South Park's "You Have 0 Friends" episode drives home the ways the social media giant Facebook has slowly but surely taken ov...