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Chimps may revise their beliefs in surprisingly human-like ways. Experiments showed they switched choices when presented with stronger clues, demonstrating flexible reasoning. Computational modeling ...

Credit: Sabana Gonzalez / Social Origins Lab. Chimpanzees may be more like human thinkers than we ever imagined. A new study published in Science shows that chimpanzees can rationally change their ...

Chimpanzees use a variation of the "scientific method" — discarding prior beliefs if convincing new evidence comes along to change their minds, research shows. When you purchase through links on our ...

Is this pensive-looking chimp contemplating a new idea? An incredible new study proves the primate has a mind closer to humans than we previously thought. ondrejprosicky - stock.adobe.com They’re not ...

Chimpanzees can weigh and rationalize conflicting information before deciding what to believe. That’s the main conclusion of research that tested whether our closest living relatives can do something ...

Most of us have core beliefs that we may or may not state aloud. It isn’t unusual to state them clearly as we understand them. Some belief systems formulate credal statements as a matter of ...

Humans like to believe that we hold a special place in evolution because we can reason. We weigh evidence, change our minds, and call it intelligence. But a new study published in the journal Science ...

There is a particular way Matthew McConaughey speaks when he is circling an idea he does not want to let go of. The sentences roll, stop, double back. A word, “belief,” becomes a refrain, a drumbeat.

Under the current Trump administration, at both the state and federal level, far-right forces and wannabe dictators are smearing teachers, slashing public school funding, banning books, outlawing ...

An excerpt from the long opinion earlier this week in In re Application for a Permit to Carry a Handgun by R.R., by N.J. Appellate Division Judges Joseph Marczyk and James Paganelli: Detective Berry … ...