
What Is Narcissism? Science Confronts a Widely Misunderstood Phenomenon
Researchers debate whether grandiosity always masks vulnerability

What Is Narcissism? Science Confronts a Widely Misunderstood Phenomenon
Researchers debate whether grandiosity always masks vulnerability

Online Talk Therapy Works as Well as an In-Person Session, a New Study Shows
A study of 27,500 patients in the U.K.’s health system suggests that getting people into mental health treatment faster is a huge boon of online therapy


If AI Becomes Conscious, Here’s How We Can Tell
A checklist derived from six neuroscience-based theories of consciousness could help assess whether an artificial intelligence system achieves this state

Why Delays in Delivering Justice Lead to Harsher Sentencing
People want swift punishment and will even penalize perpetrators for delays outside their control

Brain-Reading Devices Allow Paralyzed People to Talk Using Their Thoughts
Two studies report considerable improvements in technologies designed to help people with facial paralysis to communicate

Scientists Tried to Re-create an Entire Human Brain in a Computer. What Happened?
The Human Brain Project wraps up in September after a decade. It had notable achievements and a troubled past

Worm Brains, Decoded like Never Before, Could Shed Light on Our Own Mind
One of the most in-depth catalogs of an animal’s brain-body connections ever compiled ties neural activity to roundworm behavior

The Youth Mental Health Crisis Worsens amid a Shortage of Professional Help Providers
In October 2021 a national emergency in child mental health was declared. Since then the crisis has only gotten worse

Hearing Aids Stave Off Cognitive Decline
Hearing aids may help maintain better brain functions in older people and better health overall.

New Neurotechnology Is Blurring the Lines around Mental Privacy—But Are New Human Rights the Answer?
Ethical and social implications of brain science and neural engineering raise many questions

This Therapy Helps Formerly Incarcerated People Return to Society
Recovery-oriented cognitive therapy helps people getting out of prison to reengage with society and build a new life

Neuroscientists Re-create Pink Floyd Song from Listeners’ Brain Activity
Artificial intelligence has turned the brain’s electrical signals into somewhat garbled classic rock