brain

To have breakthrough ideas, try veering off your original field of study.

Focusing on the present moment has some strange effects on how people estimate stretches of time.

A new study says curiosity and creativity are computational errors.

Groundbreaking neurological research on songbirds provides insight on human learned behavior and speech.

Michio Kaku explains the three main sections of the human brain and the trait that he believes to be a key indicator of success in life.

Psychologists discover why people participate in scary attractions.

After a comprehensive study, researchers came to a startling conclusion.

To prevent torturous experiments on organoids, some are calling for clearer definitions of consciousness.

A review of the multifaceted questions we’ll ask to determine whether robots have a felt quality of experience — an “inner feel.”

“On the spectrum from worry to action, parents can choose to act,” a new report states.

When it comes to remembering the kids of your generation, don’t always trust your memory.

Sleep deprivation leads to a shutdown in the production of essential proteins.

The processes behind our ability to make decisions are complex, but they’re not miracles.

Our ability to make predictions about the future distinguishes our level of consciousness.

Math trauma can follow people beyond grade school to harm their prospects well into adulthood.

The science of learning is decades ahead of the education system. How can we bring education into the present?

Most of us have heard of Abraham Maslow and his hierarchy of needs, but Maslow doesn’t have a monopoly on self-actualization.

Most elderly individuals’ brains degrade over time, but some match — or even outperform — younger individuals on cognitive tests.

Unhealthy diets cause the part of your brain responsible for appetite to become inflamed, encouraging further eating and obesity.

The system could help with diagnosing and treating patients that cannot communicate.

Repeating lies makes people believe they are true, show studies.

Researchers are only just beginning to really understand anaesthesia awareness.

Political activism may get people invested in politics, and affect urgently needed change, but it comes at the expense of tolerance and healthy democratic norms.

Moving the needle forward on psychedelic research.

Although they may be healthier in many ways, more ethical, and better for the environment, restrictive diets don’t come without their challenges.

An expert’s take on how to ace your exams through mindfulness.

This unsettling new understanding of vegetative patients raises medical ethics issues.

Exploring the idea that objects we perceive in everyday life do not reflect objective reality.

Mirror neurons bounce smiles from one person to the next.

They experience reality differently than we do.