Mind & Brain

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

Black Americans face higher hurdles in diagnosis and treatment of frontotemporal dementia, the most common form of dementia for people under 60

Instead of just asking questions about how exercise helps our bodies, let’s also consider how it helps our brains

A declaration signed by dozens of scientists says there is “a realistic possibility” for elements of consciousness in reptiles, insects and mollusks

A new book by Penn and Kim Holderness seeks to correct misconceptions about ADHD and accentuate the plus side of the condition

With an injection of rat cells, mouse brains that were genetically engineered to be unable to smell could detect odors and even track down an Oreo cookie stash

Research suggests that people tend to exaggerate how critically they will be viewed if they reveal negative information about themselves to others

Research on personality types in the middle of the extroversion-introversion scale is limited—yet the majority of people fall into this category

Is consciousness nothing more than an illusion? That idea defined the work of Daniel Dennett (1942–2024)

New research shows that looking at memorable images can warp our perception of time