Ah dopamine, our favorite among favorites of brain chemicals. To you we attribute so much, and yet about you we understand so little. Hence my appreciation of this brief, accessible book chosen to ...

THE HUMAN brain—the enigmatic organ of thought—is the most intricate object in the universe, a tangled orchestra of hundreds of billions of cells generating precise electrical impulses that make up a ...

Here are 10 transformative books that help reclaim a calmer, more grounded mind in an age of endless distraction. Instead of ...

From essays that dissect culture and power to novels that reward deep concentration, these books are here to pull readers out of passive consumption. Each title challenges how we think, see, and ...

We usually don't think much about it, but our brain is pretty amazing! This three-pound organ is in charge of everything—from our thoughts and memories to our emotions and decision-making. And yet, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — New findings from studies in both people and animals are revealing clues about how sensory information and cognitive processes interact in the brain to produce our perception of the ...

Memory and perception seem like entirely distinct experiences, and neuroscientists used to be confident that the brain produced them differently, too. But in the 1990s neuroimaging studies revealed ...

New ultra–high-field brain scans reveal hidden body maps inside the visual system, showing how the brain weaves sight and touch together to build a unified sense of ...