Scientists looked at a wide range of brain scans to determine how consciousness gets so trippy on mind-altering drugs.

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Getting older comes with its fair share of worries, and for many people, keeping their mind sharp sits near the top of the ...

Arianna Huffington breaks down the impact of daily behaviors on brain health.

Stressful situations experienced during adolescence tend to cause deeper and more lasting changes to the brain than those ...

Stress in the teen years may have long-term effects on brain function, increasing the risk of mental health disorders later ...

Sleep helps the brain to cleanse itself—and now this process can be measured in humans entirely noninvasively. Researchers at ...

Long-term, heavy cannabis use has been linked to changes in the prefrontal cortex, which plays a key role in executive functions like planning, working memory, and impulse control. The corresponding ...

Organizational change, volatility, decision fatigue is causing leadership burn out and neuroscience can explain why and how ...

Brain scans reveal imagination forms full experiences using memory and language, reshaping how scientists understand mental imagery.