The last decade has produced exciting new ideas about retrosplenial cortex (RSC) and its
role in integrating diverse inputs. Here, we review the diversity in forms of spatial and …

Comparative analyses are the backbone of evolutionary analysis. However, their record in
producing a consensus has not always been good. This is especially true of attempts to …

Abstract Language and social symptoms improve with age in some autistic toddlers, but not
in others, and such outcome differences are not clearly predictable from clinical scores …

In order to navigate a complex web of relationships, an individual must learn and represent
the connections between people in a social network. However, the sheer size and …

We regularly infer other people's thoughts and feelings from observing their actions, but how
this ability contributes to successful social behavior and interactions remains unknown. We …

It is widely believed that the demands of living in large, complexly bonded social groups
played a key role in the evolution of human cognition. This review focuses on a critical but …

Humans and animals use cognitive maps to represent the spatial structure of the
environment. Although these maps are typically conceptualized as extending in an …

Knowledge about personally familiar people and places is extremely rich and varied,
involving pieces of semantic information connected in unpredictable ways through past …

Self-esteem is an important psychological resource with adaptive values, and numerous
investigations have revealed that self-esteem is influenced by perceived social support …

Self-defining memories are highly significant personal memories that contribute to an
individual's life story and identity. Previous research has identified 4 key subcomponents of …