Neuroscience

Smell can bring back vivid childhood memories—the so-called Proust’s madeleine phenomenon—and neuroscientists now think they know why

Neuroscientists show how the brain weighs effort against reward when we’re mentally fatigued

Tennis players can return high-speed balls using a combination of reaction and predicting the future

Working memory is the information we need to access to complete the tasks we’re engaged in right now, and scientists think it may be closely entwined with consciousness

Neuroscientist Kauê M. Costa talks about surprising results that are changing how we think dopamine works and how the brain really learns

Applying new tools to behavioral tests to discern how we learn

Studying why people interpret the same thing in different ways

The computational neuroscientist on how scientists themselves need to better advocate for government support

The Science Corporation CEO and Neuralink co-founder on how artificial intelligence is the new industrial revolution

The federal health official on the need to keep scientists from leaving the U.S.

Children living in areas with low socioeconomic opportunities have more tired and stressed brains, a new study finds

Johanna Gabriela Ottilie “Tilly” Edinger dedicated her career to studying ancient brains. It saved her life