Our brains use basic 'building blocks' of information to keep track of how people interact, enabling us to navigate complex social interactions, finds a new study. Our brains use basic 'building ...

Interactions among three entities–individuals, groups, institutions, etc.–are incredibly common. From two older siblings ganging up on the youngest one to the “theater geeks” and the “stoners” ...

We analyze changes in pedestrian behavior over a 30-year period in four urban public spaces located in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. Building on William Whyte’s observational work from 1980, ...