A recent study has revealed how the psychedelic brew ayahuasca alters brain waves to induce profound mystical experiences and vivid, spontaneous thoughts. By recording electrical brain activity before ...

At a classroom outside Syracuse, students are doing more than just read about science. They’re actually hearing it. Students at Manlius Pebble Hill School are listening to ...

At what point do "you" end and the outside world begins? It might feel like a weird question with an obvious answer, but your brain has to work surprisingly hard to judge that boundary. Now, ...

A growing body of brain-imaging research has mapped, with increasing precision, how the Amazonian psychedelic brew ayahuasca rewires electrical activity across the human brain. The latest contribution ...

By measuring the magnetic fields of the brain, researchers found that different contemplative practices uniquely change how ...

The brain divides vision between its two hemispheres-what's on your left is processed by your right hemisphere and vice versa-but your experience with every bike or bird that you see zipping by is ...

Sleep works magic on memory. You might’ve felt these frustrations before: Trying to learn a guitar riff, shoot a free-throw, or nail a difficult phrase in a new language, but despite hours of practice ...

A single session of physical exercise can spawn a boost of neural activity in brain networks that underlie learning and memory, according to a new study led by the University of Iowa. The researchers ...

Attention Deficient Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects 11% of children ages 4-17, and the numbers diagnosed continue to rise. ADHD continues to be one of the most common childhood mental health ...

Commonly anesthesiologists calculate the proper dosage using a patient’s weight, but a new University of Cambridge study suggests brain wave activity may be a more precise way to decide how much of a ...

A new study found that deep sleep weakens breathing brain timing in movement circuits and changes internal brain ...