We all have the habit of trying to guess the killer in a movie before the big reveal. That’s us making inferences. It’s what happens when your brain connects the dots without being told everything ...

Both humans and other animals are good at learning by inference, using information we do have to figure out things we cannot observe directly. New research shows how our brains achieve this by ...

In the complexity of human cognition, the hippocampus stands as a central player, orchestrating more than just the storage of memories. It is a master of inference—a cognitive ability that allows us ...