Stories by Frederik Joelving

Nightmares may fuel anxiety rather than serving as an emotional release

From home sleep-cycle monitoring to a tap into the psychology of motivation, these clever products promise to get inside your head

Our ability to multitask is limited by the prefrontal cortex

Researchers continue to probe the limits of the brain's plasticity

The brain may not learn from its mistakes after all

Museum exhibits, conferences and events relating to the brain

Expletives may not only be an expression of agony but also a means to alleviate it

Saturated fat dulls the brain's response to key appetite hormones, an effect useful in our evolutionary past during times of scarcity, but not so much in a well-fed society

Museum exhibits, conferences and events relating to the brain

Dropping the F-bomb or other expletives may not only be an expression of agony, but also a means to alleviate it

Trailblazing our knowledge of aquatic minds, Diana Reiss uses science to fight for dolphin welfare.