Mind & Brain

Preventing initial episodes might stop depression from becoming a disabling chronic condition

A streak can motivate you to keep up with behaviors ranging from praying to running to sharing pictures on social media

This year the explosion of interest in AI had a profound impact on how experts in the fields of neuroscience and psychology think about biological intelligence and learning

Ongoing research shows electrical vagus nerve stimulators could relieve some long COVID symptoms. But are the expensive devices worth the price?

Deciding when and what to eat is a complex calculus incorporating input from your eyes, your gut and your vagus nerve

Scents are not only important in our relationship to food and the natural world. They also play a role in how we communicate with people we know

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