Ticklishness is a familiar but poorly understood experience. Xiong and Kilteni show that ticklishness is culturally shared and follows a distinct bodily topography. They evaluate different theories on...

Let’s go WILD: increasing inclusivity in theories of developmental psychology - Volume 49

Adapting developmental science for a world of diverse families - Volume 49

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Call for Commentary Proposals - Let’s go WILD: Increasing Inclusivity in Theories of Developmental Psychology

Let’s go WILD: Increasing Inclusivity in Theories of Developmental Psychology

Chimpanzees drum on the buttress roots of trees for communication. Eleuteri et al. investigate the presence of key elements of musical rhythm and of regional variation in chimpanzee buttress drumming....

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Our Editor Dr Jon Sutton meets Gilly Forrester, Professor of Evolutionary and Developmental Psychology at the University of Sussex, and an experienced science communicator.

Genes and screens: attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in the digital age

Dialects and accents in human speech have a demonstrated social function as markers of group identity and often serve as psychological foundations of …

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Although a reflective self-awareness is often considered to be the pinnacle of human consciousness, it takes time to develop, and behaviors indicating a conceptual self-representation appear only towa...

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1. Introduction How do we communicate our intentions to one another in conversational face-to-face interaction? What role do visual bodily signals play in this process, and how do they interact with l