
Openness to Experience: The Gates of the Mind
People who are “open to experience” literally see the world differently

Openness to Experience: The Gates of the Mind
People who are “open to experience” literally see the world differently

What Can Musicians Teach Us about Imagination?
Insights about imagination from a discussion with classical musicians


Do You Hear What I Hear? Auditory Hallucinations Yield Clues to Perception
Psychics and psychosis sufferers alike hold beliefs that may predispose them to hearing voices

What Does Your Dog Really Want?
With MRI, scientists are beginning to answer that question in a much more sophisticated way

Possible Anti-Aging Brain Therapy Shows Promise in Mice
Old animals injected with the hormone component klotho learn and remember better

Uncovering the Secrets of a Trustworthy Face
Explaining our sense of who is reliable with the power of expectations

What Causes Spooky Out-of-Body Experiences?
Inner ear problems could be to blame

Striking Evidence Linking Football to Brain Disease Sparks Calls for More Research
The biggest study of its kind offers the best evidence to date linking the sport to mood and cognitive impairments

Robots with Their Heads in the Clouds
Rather than each carrying its own “brain,” they could share a single, remote one

Was Agatha Christie’s Mysterious Amnesia Real or Revenge on Her Cheating Spouse?
Ninety years ago, she stayed in a hotel for 11 days under an assumed name, supposedly because she had suffered from a loss of memory. How plausible is her story?

Curiouser and Curiouser
Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio ventures deep into the human mind in his new book, Why? What Makes Us Curious.

From What to Whom?