Consciousness may actually pause while you’re awake. The brain patterns during mind blanking resemble markers seen in deep sleep or anesthesia (disrupted connectivity, impaired sensory processing) but ...

These tips will help refresh your mind and bolster your brain. By Christina Caron and Dana G. Smith As 2025 comes to a close, and another busy holiday season wraps up, pause to spare a thought for ...

You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. I like gadgets, and so, at times, my digital detox has verged on technophilic decadence. A few months ...

Our editors handpick the products that we feature. We may earn commission from the links on this page. Yes, some causes of cognitive decline (like genetics) are beyond our control. But there are a ...

According to research from neuroscientists, mental exercise can help reverse some effects of aging in the brain. These activities have helped older adults regain cognitive sharpness because these ...

If you're like most workers, your mind wanders 47% of the time in a workday, but there are tips to steer your stray mind back into the present and boost job performance. You’re the captain of your ...

In Every Version of You, the characters face an impossible choice: upload your mind into a virtual utopia, or crumble away in the abandoned physical world. Mind-uploading is familiar to us as a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Is it possible to upload the consciousness of your mind into a computer? – Amreen, age 15, New Delhi, India The concept, cool yet ...

New ‘neuroscience-based’ shoes have 22 foam nodes in each sole that Nike says will ‘reawaken the foot.’ New ‘neuroscience-based’ shoes have 22 foam nodes in each sole that Nike says will ‘reawaken the ...

World-renowned neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki, PhD, is no stranger to the brain—or to what makes it tick. In fact, when she stopped by the Oprah Daily offices earlier this month speak with our editorial ...

After completing Don't Look Back in Anger side quest, Starchild will contact you with an emergency request. Head to the Exiles Cave and talk to him. He requests you to investigate the potential source ...