At 22, Eileen Gu is already an Olympic millionaire. She says she uses neuroplasticity to “literally become exactly who I want to be”—and Arianna Huffington and scientists say the brain-training hack ...

Neuroscientists have long known that perception is not a neutral recording of the outside world but a construction, stitched together from sensory data and prior experience. What is becoming harder to ...

It’s easy to add to your routine, too.

We like to think we are the lead actors in our lives, but we’re often just reading lines from a shadow script written by our past selves.

The cover of the new book "Whole-brain modeling. Cartography of the dynamics of mind" poses the central question of what ...

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 ...

Mind blanking is a common experience with a wide variety of definitions ranging from feeling "drowsy" to "a complete absence of conscious awareness." In an opinion article published in Trends in ...

It's one of nature's greatest ironies: the human brain lacks the ability to grasp its own complexity. Indeed, the brain is complicated. The three-pound organ housed in our heads consists of roughly 86 ...

Work smarter not harder.

BEHIND THE SCARES ON HALLOWEEN. WHEN YOU’RE IN A SPOT LIKE THIS WITH NOISES GOING OFF AND THINGS THAT COULD STARTLE YOU. RESEARCHERS SAY THERE IS SO MUCH HAPPENING TO YOUR BRAIN AND YOUR BODY, AND SO ...

Eating disorders can manifest in a variety of physical ways, but experts say there is often an emotional component.

The Word did not stay distant or theoretical. “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). That means a real human body. A brain that learned and remembered. Muscles that grew tired. A body ...