Research increasingly shows a variety of habits and hobbies offer a helpful cognitive workout. One recent study linked lifelong learning — things like reading, learning another language, playing chess ...

The room shifted instantly because people realized she had spotted something most of us missed. Over time I started noticing something about people like that. The ones who read a room quickly. The ...

A recent study has found that high levels of psychopathic traits are associated with reduced thickness in specific outer layers of the brain responsible for processing emotions and guiding ...

For one woman, the road to answers ran through five different doctors before anyone thought to look inside her skull. Her ...

A new study shows macaque species with more tolerant social systems have larger brain regions linked to emotions and social signals.

Eye movements may reveal hidden knowledge we don’t realize we have, offering clues to how people learn skills and become experts.

Artificial intelligence can give some workers "brain fry" if overused, according to a new study published in Harvard Business Review.

Halassa writes in the context of a broader research program he calls algorithmic psychiatry, which argues that mental illness ...

When it comes to brain health, it’s less about avocado versus salmon and more about how they work together. Salmon delivers DHA and EPA, which provide structural support for brain cells. Avocados ...

Scientists examined brain MRI scans of astronauts and found microgravity causes upward and backward brain shifts, which gradually take months to recover after returning to Earth.

Neuroimaging suggests that hearing voices in borderline personality disorder is tied to reduced gray matter in specific brain ...

The big takeaway is that chronic back pain appears to be a whole-brain, whole-body sensitivity disorder—not just localized to one physical site—and that psychological treatments targeting the brain’s ...