Neuroscience

From lifesaving cancer treatments and frog “spas” to a view of the cosmos from your own backyard, science can keep you going through the long, hot days of summer

People can form surprisingly strong bonds with others—even when that tie is one-sided

Eighty-year-olds are able to identify familiar tunes just as well as teenagers can

Advanced meditation is changing how we think about consciousness. Hear neuroscience researcher Matthew Sacchet explain his journey to studying what happens to the brain during a deeper engagement with meditation.

A preliminary study suggests that sex and gender are represented differently in the brain

The neurons that produce a sick feeling and food aversion are distinct from those that induce a feeling of fullness

The extent to which people experience “inner speech” varies greatly, and the differences matter for performing certain cognitive tasks

The EEG has shaped researchers’ understanding of cognition for everything from perception to memory

Despite great progress, we lack even the beginning of an explanation of how the brain produces our inner world of colors, sounds, smells and tastes. A thought experiment with “pain-pleasure” zombies illustrates that the mystery is deeper than we thought

Mitochondria appear to ratchet up their activity when life is going well and tamp it down during hard times

The human brain loves seeing patterns, even when they aren’t really there

Thirty-year-old Noland Arbaugh says the Neuralink chip has let him “reconnect with the world”