Neuroscience

Reading hasn't been around for long, evolutionary speaking. Instead, the brain recruits systems evolved for other purposes

Psychedelics can create a new “hidden order” in brain activity that could explain how these drugs alter our sense of self

Miniature models of the human brain can be kept alive for years, allowing scientists to study neural development and brain diseases

Neuroscience is revealing how our brains are wired for narrative

A new study shows that each neuron can do multiple computations at once thanks to hundreds of sprawling branches

The vagus nerve is the autonomic nervous system’s highway, connecting every major organ

Smell can bring back vivid childhood memories—the so-called Proust’s madeleine phenomenon—and neuroscientists now think they know why

Neuroscientists show how the brain weighs effort against reward when we’re mentally fatigued

Tennis players can return high-speed balls using a combination of reaction and predicting the future

Working memory is the information we need to access to complete the tasks we’re engaged in right now, and scientists think it may be closely entwined with consciousness

Neuroscientist Kauê M. Costa talks about surprising results that are changing how we think dopamine works and how the brain really learns

Applying new tools to behavioral tests to discern how we learn