Mind & Brain

Our conscious awareness may be governed by a structure deep in the brain

Just as tobacco companies knew they were poisoning people, today’s social media titans knowingly poison our politics, peddling lies and stoking angry divides for profit

To protect democracy and counteract the allure of authoritarianism, reduce people's sense of fear and insecurity, psychology research says

At the heart of the Trump administration’s Signal scandal lies the familiar psychological pitfall of groupthink

Children ages four to seven demonstrate natural fact-checking skills when put to a test with zebras and space aliens

A “Goldilocks” measure of green space might help stave off dementia, but an excess could lead to cognitive decline

Researchers put forward a comprehensive model outlining the conditions that may give rise to the vivid mental phenomena that some people experience as they near death

A new study finds that when young kids find loopholes, or sneaky work-arounds, for instructions, they must apply advanced social and language skills

Impatience is an emotion we can all learn to tame

Desynchronizing a monkey’s brain with electricity caused a performance boost

MRI scans show that the brains of infants and toddlers can encode memories, even if we don’t remember them as adults

From job interviews to dating, we subconsciously judge one another based on sound quality when we interact digitally