According to new research, when the brain is in a resting state, it can still help predict the empathetic predisposition of a person.

New research suggests that the brain exhibits a pattern of activity as it does throughout the experience. The findings, published in the journal Neuroscience, indicate that meditation is associated with greater brain entropy.

A new startup called MindMed could have the key to providing the upsides of psychedelic drugs for both focus and addiction treatment—while cutting out the downsides of tripping.

In the 1980s, psychologist James Flynn discovered that, over the past century, our average IQ has increased dramatically.

Your iPhone addiction might be creating physical changes in your brain, according to a new study. Researchers looked into smartphone addiction and how it correlates to structural and functional changes in the brain. They conducted MRI scans on 48 people, 22 of whom had smartphone addiction (SPA). The study found that SPA alters the brain in a way similar to what doctors see in drug addicts. The findings only get worse from there.

The effect of mindfulness was so pronounced, they found, that even when participants experienced high heat on their forearm, their brain responded as if it were a normal temperature. “It’s as if the brain was responding to warm temperature, not very high heat,” says corresponding author Hedy Kober, associate professor of psychiatry and psychology and corresponding author of the sutdy in Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience.

People with lifelong antisocial behavior may share neurological commonalities, a new brain-scan study shows.

The possible explanations could help us better understand the condition.

Scientists have taken a small step toward personalizing treatment for depression. A study of more than 300 people with major depression found that brain wave patterns predicted which ones were most likely to respond to the drug sertraline (Zoloft), a team reported Monday in the journal Nature Biotechnology.

How did human intelligence evolve? Anthropologists have studied this question for decades by looking at tools found in archaeological digs, evidence of the use of fire, and so on, and changes in brain size measured from fossil skulls.

Most of us have a constant inner conversation that helps with memory, motivation and problem-solving. So what happens if you are one of the minority who doesn't report inner speech? The issue took off on social media this week after the author of viral article wrote about his shock after discovering that some people don't have inner speech.

Anyone who’s spent time with people affected by autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can tell you that it’s a very complex puzzle.

One day, a scientist in Craig Ferris’s lab was scanning the brains of very old rats when he found that one could see, hear, smell, and feel just like the other rats, but it was walking around with basically no brain—and likely had been since birth.

Hercule Poirot would be appalled, but according to research, vigorous physical exercise is the key to boosting ‘the little grey cells.’ A study from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota found that people with the best cardio-respiratory fitness also had the biggest brains, which would be a blow for Agatha Christie’s detective who did not believe in working up a sweat. In fact, for every standard deviation of difference in fitness levels, scientists showed that grey matter grew on average by 5.3 cubic cm.

Jade DeLucia, 4, of Iowa may be going home today after a bout of the flu landed her in the intensive care unit fighting for her life and her eyesight.

Harvard researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital find that participating in an eight-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy, and stress.

Alcohol and the teen brain are a dangerous mix.

YouTuber Simone Giertz gave up wildly popular but barely functioning machines and confronted her fears of imperfection (while facing her own mortality and making an awesome Truckla EV).

Ever experienced a rush while shopping? Discover how our brains are chemically programmed to respond to sales and give us a natural high.

New studies help to explain how microbes in the gut can shape a host’s fear responses.