Boston University researchers found that ordinary moments can gain staying power if they’re connected to significant ...

The mind isn’t the brain. It’s what the brain does. It runs on emotion, filters, and loops. Understand it, and you can begin ...

Educators present lessons on neuroscience and mindfulness, from the youngest learners all the way up to fifth graders.

How we focus our attention before we even see an object matters. For example, when we look for something moving in the sky, ...

Your brain and body constantly recalibrate what ‘hard’ feels like. The effect of overcoming one small challenge can ripple ...

A new study shows that our brain’s attention system first prepares broadly, then zooms in on specific details within ...

For centuries, philosophers have asked: where, in the mind, does a decision begin? Is there a moment we can point to and say—there, that’s when the mind… made up its mind? Neuroscience has long tried ...

Seeing and imagining use similar brain machinery. New research reveals the brain circuit that identifies what is real, which ...

Our brains know we’ll change our minds before we do. Understanding how might help us learn to make better decisions.

You may have heard of the mind-body connection: the broad concept that thoughts and feelings, especially those related to ...

Many mammals physically pivot their ears to hone in on a particular sound, and now it seems that a similar action takes place ...