Infants

A new study suggests children as young as 13 months understand more about social interactions and intentions than we'd previously thought.

• By Nathan Collins

New research suggests six-month-old infants display signs of a specific bias: The belief that bad outcomes are caused by someone, or something, as opposed to chance.

• By Tom Jacobs

Autopsies play a major role in the advancement of medical research, but many parents—understandably—are unwilling to approve a postmortem.

• By Kate Kelland