As emotions rise and fall in everyday life, your brain keeps up, constantly adjusting. These transitions between feelings—like joy, sadness, or fear—aren’t just random reactions. They’re part of a ...

Brain freeze — the sharp, seconds-long headache we get from ingesting something cold — is rooted in the way our brain senses ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Words often fail to describe how fervent of a force love is—in ...

Brains of older adults with super-healthy cognition grow more new neurons than those of their peers, according to a study ...

The Johns Hopkins-created maps provide higher resolution and better coverage of gray matter than previously published maps, ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Your behavior today could affect your brain activity in two weeks' time, new research suggests. These findings have significant implications for our mental health as well as our attention, cognition ...

The comparison underscores a paradox at the heart of modern AI development: today’s neural networks are inspired by the brain ...