In the middle of the night, the world can sometimes feel like a dark place. Under the cover of darkness, negative thoughts ...

A new study published in Nature Neuroscience suggests that the human brain may organize its many cognitive functions by ...

Our brains evolved for complex thought and language - but the same genes that made us smarter may have increased mental illness risk.

After the contestant chooses, say, option B, the host reveals one of the remaining choices (say C) does not contain the prize ...

From Edison to Taylor Swift, the brain is a living phonograph—recording and replaying the grooves of memory, culture, and ...

Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...

The influential computer scientist Mark Weiser once wrote that “a good tool is an invisible tool. By invisible, I mean that the tool does not intrude on ...

You look up from your phone screen and suddenly realize you weren't thinking about anything. It's not a lapse in memory or a daydream; it's literally a moment when you're not thinking of anything at ...

Internet users often claim that Vipassana can “rewire the brain,” making a person calmer, more focused, or even fundamentally ...

Dips in brain health with age might not be as apparent as, say, the loss of bounciness in your skin or mobility in your knees ...