Mind & Brain

When people viewed virtual avatars with coughs or rashes, their brain triggered an immune response

Researchers and therapists explore the mental health benefits of tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons.

Brain scans capture memory formation in babies, raising new questions about why people forget their earliest years

A study of nearly 1,000 people showed that brain aging was not linked to infection status

Ozzy Osbourne, lead singer of Black Sabbath, has died at age 76. He said he had been previously diagnosed with a form of Parkinson’s disease linked to the gene PRKN

Optimists have similar patterns of brain activation when they think about the future—but pessimists are all different from one another, a brain scan study suggests

Acknowledging the limits of one’s own knowledge could be as important a signal of expertise as credentials and confidence

Dropout.tv’s Brennan Lee Mulligan talks about the emotional and cultural importance of Dungeons and Dragons.

Neuroscientists have found that the brain can wake up in different ways, explaining why some mornings feel like a dream and some feel like a disaster

New deep-brain-stimulation implants for Parkinson’s disease can listen in on brain waves and adapt to treat symptoms. Can this approach target other conditions?

A neurologist explains why weather changes from heat waves to thunderstorms might bring on painful headaches

Words frequently used by ChatGPT, including “delve” and “meticulous,” are getting more common in spoken language, according to an analysis of more than 700,000 hours of videos and podcasts