Mind & Brain

Apollo moon landing conspiracy theories were early hints of the dangerous anti-vax, antiscience beliefs backed by politicians today

Only 1.1 percent of autistic adults in the U.S. access key publicly funded employment services. A broken disability service system is why

A brain chemical may play a role in the development of our complex brain, as well as our inclination toward obesity and addiction

Are you working really hard to learn something? Remember this counterintuitive fact, and you might improve your learning curve.

Generative AI has made giant strides toward machine intelligence. Can machine consciousness be far behind?

The simple and fun act of reading for pleasure in early childhood produces better cognition, mental health and educational attainment in adolescence

Researchers debate whether grandiosity always masks vulnerability

When criminal behavior overlaps with degenerative cognitive disease, the justice system often falters

The hottest stars, how AI learns and new vaccines for RSV

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

A checklist derived from six neuroscience-based theories of consciousness could help assess whether an artificial intelligence system achieves this state

People want swift punishment and will even penalize perpetrators for delays outside their control