Adderall, Ritalin and other stimulants prescribed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder seem to work on brain areas ...

Every time you master a new recipe, remember a phone number, or finally figure out how to fold a fitted sheet, your brain is learning. But new research shows that the brain learns in a more complex ...

A study offers a glimpse of how the brain turns experience into emotion. In mice and humans, puffs of air to the eye caused persistent changes in brain activity, suggesting an emotional response. Get ...

As a parent, a spouse, and someone who works full time at my job and pretty much full time at keeping a household running, I often feel like I have 20 tabs open in my brain at once. There are always ...

So you are about to read this article. What unseen assumptions will shape the way you read these words? Let’s find out how your perspective will shift if you examine your assumptions. How Your Brain ...

We talk about “changing minds” or “losing our mind” as if the mind is separate from the brain. But is it? Where does the mind come from, and how does it actually work? When you try to describe the ...

In today’s fast-paced world, maintaining sharp cognitive abilities is more crucial than ever. With the constant influx of information and the demands of daily life, many individuals struggle to ...

You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in ...