A new fMRI study reveals that our brains encode both what others intend to express emotionally and how we consciously infer ...

There isn’t a meaningful limit to how much information the brain can store,”says Boston College psychology and neuroscience Professor Elizabeth Kensinger. Indeed, the brain’s memory system is not ...

If the brain isn't limited by memory space, why don't we remember everything? This is because the brain's memory system runs ...

Many individuals find themselves repeatedly drawn to emotionally unavailable partners, a cycle often rooted in early ...

In the season finale of How Humans Talk, Rune Pedersen turns the microphone inward to explore one of the most personal forms ...

Inner critics are usually protective parts that evolved to help us cope with overwhelming distress. They can be transformed ...

Tech Culture mit generative ai MIT brain scans suggest that using GenAI tools reduces cognitive activity AI users displayed shorter memory and significantly fewer connections between regions of ...

When we focus, switch tasks, or face tough mental challenges, the brain starts to sync its internal rhythms, especially in the midfrontal region. A new study has found that smarter individuals ...

Your Brain Is Glowing, and Scientists Can’t Figure Out Why Researchers have measured the brain’s faint glow for the first time, hinting at a potential role of “biophotons” in cognition ...

A study of 20,000 anxiety disorder patients shows how negativity bias affects brain structure, cognitive function and mental health, supporting the view that mental illness is brain illness.

While some elements of brain rot-related behavior could fall under the umbrella of depression or burnout, Cottingham says, there's a sense that brain rot is more temporary.

Left and right brains hear speech differently, yet how this divide forms was unclear − until mouse studies showed each hemisphere runs on its own developmental clock.