Mind & Brain

Both expertise and the ability to release one’s focus can help people enter a state of effortless attention

Retroviruses, some of which predate the human species, are tied to a genetic susceptibility to major psychiatric disorders

Counting crows proclaim “caw, caw, caw, caw” when staring at the number four

Puzzling Havana Syndrome injuries that have afflicted U.S. diplomats may have a more complicated explanation than solely pulsed microwaves or mass psychology

Technology that enables researchers to interpret brain signals could one day allow people to talk using only their thoughts

Google scientists have modeled all 150 million connections of a fragment of the human brain at nanoscale resolution

What the neuroscience of near-death experiences tells us about human consciousness

Research on the developing brain points to new ways to help young people with anxiety disorders

The way we’re “wired” to learn may divide us

A study of mice starts to unravel how the brain gets tricked by a particular optical illusion

The way we think about time, aging and sickness may influence our health, behavior and general well-being in surprising ways

Superstitions linger into the modern era, in part, because they may be holdovers from a time when they provided a measure of protection from predators and other mortal dangers