With a simple standard MRI scan of the brain, it may soon be possible to predict which people with mental illnesses will gain ...

Researchers led by Masako Tamaki at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan report a link between deep sleep and ...

If EKGs can detect potential problems in heart function, then doctors are asking why brain scans can’t be used in the same way, to identify disorders like depression, autism or schizophrenia. Doctors ...

A new study provides evidence that the human brain constructs our seamless experience of the world by first breaking it down ...

An MIT study analyzing brain activity and recall while using ChatGPT shows a lack of overall brain connectivity while performing an essay writing task, as well as a deficiency in memory recall when ...

Why don’t we remember specific events during those crucial first few years, when our brains worked overtime to learn so much? A new Yale study finds evidence that we do form memories, but can’t ...

A brain exercise a day might keep you current—it might even revive your brain chemistry. In a landmark clinical trial led by ...

It's widely recognized that psychiatric conditions like depression and anxiety disorders are based in the brain. Scientists have even started to discover which brain areas are involved in different ...

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Sally Satel is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. You’ve seen the headlines: This is your brain on love. Or God. Or envy. Or happiness. And they’re reliably accompanied by ...

Learning new information about the world—like details from a fantasy realm—engages brain regions distinct from those used to ...