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A new study from Cornell University reveals that sleep not only consolidates memories but also resets the brain’s memory storage mechanism. ...

Most scientists have resisted the concept that quantum physics plays any role in the brain — an environment that Physicist Max Tegmark argue...

As a nutritional psychiatrist, I always make it a point to maintain a well-balanced diet. Much of that has to do with making sure I get all ...

Summary : Using whole-brain virtual models, researchers simulate the effects of non-invasive neurostimulation on the aging brain. The comput...

Psilocybin, the hallucinogenic compound found in "magic mushrooms," could treat depression by creating a hyper-connected brain. By...

JAMIE WHEAL: How many of us are just suffering micro-PTSD all day, every day, that is just accumulating from the stuck in traffic or the hel...

Did you know you have tiny tunnels in your head? That's OK, no one else did either until recently! But that's exactly what a team of...

Imagine you are walking on warm sand, on a sunny summer’s day, holding hands with your partner. While perceiving this environment, your brai...

Did math problems make you stressed at school? That’s what happened to participants in a study of the brain’s reaction to stress. For the fi...

(Image credit: NASA/Shutterstock) As humans, we know we are conscious because we experience and feel things. Yet scientists and great thinke...

Berna Gomez, wearing glasses to test the prosthesis. (John A. Moran Eye Center  at the  University  of Utah) A 'visual prosthesis' i...

The MIND diet is a hybrid of the Mediterranean diet and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet (its name is a combo of those two d...

You really wanted to quit your job. After months of careful planning, you figured out how to turn your side hustle into a full-fledged busin...

Consciousness is arguably the most important scientific topic there is. Without consciousness, there would after all be no science.  But whi...

Instead of the soul, the eyes may actually serve as a window into the mind: A connection may exist between pupil size and certain types of i...

Neuroscientists show that mice can learn to manipulate random dopamine impulses for reward. From the thrill of hearing an ice cream truck ap...