For the first time, researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Amsterdam UMC have identified what happens ...

As the research participants thought about future scenarios, optimists displayed similar neural patterns, but pessimists ...

Dreams, and likely nightmares, are experienced universally across humans and animals, but neuroscientists still do not know why.

You may be seeing faces in clouds, toast, or cars—and it turns out your brain is wired to notice them. A fascinating new ...

If you have ever spotted faces or human-like expressions in everyday objects, you may have experienced the phenomenon of face ...

Vitamin D is essential for several bodily functions like regulating blood pressure, the immune system and blood sugar. It also contributes to your bone and muscle health. Sun exposure can help your ...

When we focus, switch tasks, or face tough mental challenges, the brain starts to sync its internal rhythms, especially in the midfrontal region. A new study has found that smarter individuals ...

For their degrees, Seaton and Black partnered with assistant professor Eric Cerino with NAU’s Healthy Aging Lab, specializing in the Northern Arizona Memory Study data collection. The study aims to ...

We live in an era of constant surveillance. Psychology research shows how this might change how we perceive the world — even unconsciously ...

How Being Watched Changes How You Think We live in an era of constant surveillance. Psychology research shows how this might change how we perceive the world—even unconsciously ...

Researchers at Mass General Brigham have discovered that some psychedelic compounds appear to alter how the immune system communicates with the brain, offering hope that psychedelics have the ...