Neuroscience

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

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

A neurosurgeon who has acted as a consultant for Severance explains the science behind the show’s brain-altering procedure—and whether it could ever become reality.

A personal quest and progress in brain science finally put a name on baffling behaviors

Neuroscientist Lore Thaler speaks about her efforts to make echolocation training more accessible

Neuroscience research claiming to question the existence of free will may have been misinterpreted

What happens in your mind when insight strikes?

The hit show Severance can be refashioned as a teaching moment about certain brain disorders. But its famed “innie” versus “outie” conceit is totally bogus

A style of teaching that gets adolescents to reflect beyond the here and now may help their brain grow in ways that enhance life

Findings reveal the memory-related brain processes that generate unwanted thoughts when people are sleep deprived

The centennial of the discovery of brain waves in humans exposes a chilling tale involving Nazis, war between Russia and Ukraine, suicide and the vicissitudes of history

The brain is sometimes called the most complex machine in the known universe. But the thoughts that it outputs putter along at a trifling 10 bits per second, the pace of a conversation