Mind & Brain

You say you haven’t slept all night. Brain scans say you have. New science says both inferences may be right

Scientific advisers vote overwhelmingly that the risks of MDMA treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder outweigh the benefits

A 25-year study shows that teens who receive empathy from their parents give more empathy to their peers and, later, their own children

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

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

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