Mind & Brain

The ability to run “mental marathons” is a skill children can learn through simple, but dedicated, practice

A step-by-step guide to the “Doginburgh Inventory,” a new pawedness test developed by dog behavior researchers

Angine de Poitrine don't abide by the usual rules of Western music, using their own custom-built guitar to strike notes that shouldn't exist

Some neuroscientists argue that the roots of experience lie deep inside the brain. If they’re right, the consciousness club will get a lot bigger

The Trump administration warned that too much screen time for children has been linked to poor sleep, bad behavior, and less physical and social activity

Hantavirus misinformation is spreading fast. COVID trauma and social media algorithms may be to blame

The filmmaker behind the newly released movie Silent Friend shares the scientific and historical inspiration for its story of botanical consciousness

Research suggests depression assessment questionnaires can’t reliably compare people with differing intelligence

Digital distractions can undermine our focus, but research suggests that our inherent capacity to pay attention hasn’t diminished

A study of people who underwent surgery to treat epilepsy suggests the hippocampus may process words and speech when people are under general anesthesia, even though the study participants didn’t remember them

Researchers found that fetuses were more likely to yawn when their mother did, suggesting humans may experience yawn contagion throughout their life

Scientists gave people a “heroic” dose of psilocybin and then looked at their brain. Here’s what happened