Mind & Brain

For the first time, researchers have used behavioral measures, brain imaging and molecular biology to test how odorless chemicals from human tears affect people

From experiencing seasonal depression to feeling friskier, here are some ways winter affects people's mental health and attitude

If holiday music seems designed in a lab to get stuck on repeat inside your head for all of December, well, it kind of is

Several research teams have created an atlas of the mouse brain. The map, which has more than 5,300 cell clusters, should help to improve the treatment of brain diseases

Universities need to train their faculty to be better mentors to students of color, and to understand these students’ vulnerabilities

Lacking money makes people focus on the present—but lacking water makes them plan for the future

New studies unlock the mysteries of prosopometamorphopsia, a disorder that distorts faces. One woman’s condition improves when she wears orange-tinted glasses

Ten years after cannabis was first legalized for recreational use in adults, scientists are struggling to provide evidence-based recommendations about the risks to young people

A theory holds that dreams are a way for the visual cortex of the brain to “defend its turf” against being “taken over” to process inputs from other senses

Altruists seek to understand how their actions will affect others—while willful ignorance can free people to act selfishly

Altruists seek to understand how their actions will affect others—while willful ignorance can free people to act selfishly

Brain waves during sleep influence glucose and insulin, offering new insights into controlling diabetes