If you don’t know anything about neuroscience, that’s okay — one researcher’s striking theory might send us all back to the start anyway. Consciousness is typically defined as immediate awareness of ...

When a baby tries to make sense of what they have seen, their brain activity seems to tick at a slower rhythm than it does in adults, which may help them to continually learn new concepts. Our brain ...

Adversity drives proficiency. Conflict powers growth. Division makes creativity. People fear these things, because what everyone secretly wants to hear is that the world is One and that this One is an ...

I recently wrote about how children and adolescents who spend more time in digital environments than they do having real-world experiences (see "Getting Our Kids' Brains Back on Track"). One of the ...

The assassination of Charlie Kirk on the campus of Utah Valley University is a human tragedy first: Two young children lost their father; a wife lost her husband. But it is also a cultural tragedy, ...

It’s a late-night debate in college dorms across the world: Is my red the same as your red? Two neuroscientists weigh in on this classic “Intro to Philosophy” puzzler in research published September 8 ...

When a baby babbles and their parents respond, these back-and-forth exchanges are more than adorable-if-incoherent chatter—they help to build a baby's emerging language skills. But it turns out this ...

When it comes to your current wellness routine, taking care of your brain probably isn’t as high up on the list as, say, your skin or core strength. But it should be. The good news is that the habits ...

Editor’s note: In this Future View, students discuss artificial intelligence. This column will appear every week. Next we’ll ask: “Studies show that as many as 45% of Gen Z adults in the U.S. choose ...

Scientists at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) may have discovered a cause of aging in the brain. The culprit is a protein called ferritin light chain 1 (FTL1), described as an ...

Scientists at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) may have discovered a cause of aging in the brain. The culprit is a protein called ferritin light chain 1 (FTL1), described as an ...