When facing new situations or problems, humans typically rely on knowledge they acquired in the past. Specifically, ...

In a new JNeurosci paper, a Boston College research team led by John Christianson explored how a pathway between two areas of ...

A new study finds that psychological resilience is linked to a decision-making bias that places less value on minor losses, ...

Researchers identify the rostral prefrontal cortex as the essential bridge between spontaneous and executive brain networks that drives creativity.

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is already FDA approved for major depressive disorder. Researchers think it could offer drug-free relief for moms.

You don’t manage focus like a habit. You manage focus like a brain state. Your brain state may be the most valuable under-managed asset you have.

Researchers at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center found that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation targeting the dorsolateral ...

When a writer comes up with a striking metaphor, when an engineer solves a tricky problem by combining seemingly unrelated tools, or when a child invents the rules of a new game, what happens in the ...

The study found that the bigger the psychedelic trip, the bigger the changes. None of the subjects reported a trip with the placebo dose, but all but one reported “significant alterations in their ...

For many people who smoke, quitting is not just a matter of willpower. It is a tug-of-war in the brain – between the pull of ...

Brain fog is the result of “bad connections” between the gut and the brain, said Gerard Clarke, a professor of ...