Behind all the flash, AI is quietly removing the intellectual itch, the false starts, the second guessing, all those difficult mental activities that accompany brain work.

Putting your weight into opening a door (say, with your shoulder) is easier than using your hands. Sliding heavy cardboard ...

Researchers have measured the brain’s faint glow for the first time, hinting at a potential role of “biophotons” in cognition ...

Published in the Journal of Experimental Physiology, this work highlights a new particularity of the enteric nervous system. Illustrative image Pixabay The only organ in our body with an intrinsic ...

But understanding why we doubt ourselves is the first step toward reclaiming our decision-making power. That spectacular ...

Busting stigma is no small task, especially when it involves convincing the public that a psychedelic drug might one day be ...

New research proposes a unified theory of brain function based on criticality—a state where the brain teeters between order ...

When 64-year-old MBK Nair first noticed a subtle tremor in his right hand in 2020, he brushed it off as fatigue or muscle weakness, assuming that could be a sig ...

Our brains may work best when teetering on the edge of chaos. A new theory suggests that criticality a sweet spot between order and randomness is the secret to learning, memory, and adaptability. When ...

While Trump and his gazillionaire friends will benefit greatly from the legislation, I suspect, the middle class, of which I am a member, will see an increase in its federal tax burden (and very ...

Need to solve a challenging problem? Read or write some poetry! Compelling research demonstrates that poetry can accelerate ...