An international group of neuroscientists joined forces to produce a landmark neural map, which revealed that decision-making ...

The Science of Sleep and Soldiering It's not every day I get to talk sleep, neuroscience, and performance with someone who's not only an expert but also wears t ...

Recent research reveals that a blank mind may be closer to your brain’s default setting, while thinking and imagining are add ...

Our brain is the most powerful and complex organ in the human body. It regulates every task we perform—from thinking and emotions to movement and memory. Yet, in today’s fast-paced lifestyle, stress, ...

With age, changes in the brain are common. If you want to keep your brain sharp and young, a neurosurgeon shared three simple ...

For Martin Schrimpf, the promise of artificial intelligence is not in the tasks it can accomplish. It’s in what AI might reveal about human intelligence. He is working to build a “digital twin” of the ...

Some of the most complex cognitive functions are possible because different sides of your brain control them. Chief among them is speech perception, the ability to interpret language. In people, the ...

We’ve all been there. That moment when you unbutton your pants under the table after Thanksgiving dinner. The late-night fridge raid that somehow ends with an empty ice cream container. The afternoon ...

No matter how much we love our lives and our jobs, our daily to-do lists always include things we do not want to do, if not tons of things we don't want to do. It's perhaps the worst part of being an ...

What does forgiveness look like in the brain? As a neuroscientist, I am always looking for the biological underpinnings of mental processes—not as an effort to distill mystery into molecules, but to ...

Seniors with chronic insomnia might experience a faster decline in their memory and thinking skills as they age, a study by ...