Theorists of consciousness generally focus on sensation – what it's like to, say, experience the color red. Yet what we call the stream of consciousness offers a much richer and more complex blend of ...

A new study published in Scientific Reports suggests that the connection between a young adult’s cognitive ability and their future socioeconomic status is largely driven by their genes. The findings ...

Magnesium is a mineral that is naturally found in many foods and is important for overall bodily function. It is proven to help with bodily repair and improve nerve function, which is “helpful for ...

Experts share the best natural sleep aids backed by science to help you fall asleep faster and sleep more deeply, plus when to see a doctor about your sleep woes.

(Naeblys/iStock/Getty Images Plus) A protein best known for its role in Parkinson's disease may help explain why women make ...

Research backs her up ...

When I saw “Data,” a zippy Off Broadway play about the ethical crises of employees at a Palantir-like A.I. company, last month, I was struck by its prescience. It’s about a brilliant, conflicted ...

In people destined to get Alzheimer's in their mid-40s, one protein can delay the onset of the disease by about 20 years.

Over the course of their lives, up to 220,000 Norwegians will pick at their skin or pull out their hair to an extent that can ...

An insightful mini-review published in Genomic Psychiatry synthesizes the rapidly expanding landscape of molecular genetic research on common epilepsies, assembling evidence from genome-wide ...

A protein called REST appears dramatically more active in the brains of people who stay cognitively sharp into their 80s and 90s, and its discovery is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about ...

Discover how the massive Ashley Madison data leak allowed psychologists to study the real reasons people seek affairs and how society judges them.