A landmark study suggests that this daily habit may reshape how your mind activates.

Scientists sought to better understand how humans evolved to become so skilled at thinking about what's happening in other peoples' minds. The findings could have implications for one day treating ...

We've all been there. Moments after leaving a party, your brain is suddenly filled with intrusive thoughts about what others were thinking. "Did they think I talked too much?" "Did my joke offend them ...

One thing that distinguishes human beings is their capacity for proactive, prolonged aggression, a human characteristic that results from the complex consciousness created by language. 1 Since threats ...

The spark of creativity, that seemingly mysterious capacity to generate novel and valuable ideas, has intrigued humanity for centuries. Once attributed primarily to divine inspiration or innate genius ...

A new international study points to a specific brain network as the core driver of Parkinson’s disease. Scientists found that ...

How the brain changes as people age As a person gets older, changes occur in all parts of the body, including the brain. Certain parts of the brain shrink, including those important to learning and ...

Our thinking and perception happens in the neocortex. This outer part of our brain consists of six layers. When you feel touch to your body, layer four of your sensory cortex gets activated. This ...