Playing certain brain-training games may boost production of a neurotransmitter responsible for attention and focus, ...

Researchers calculated that the human brain processes thought at a speed of ten bits per second. Andriy Onufriyenko via Getty Images The human brain is a biological marvel, stuffed with some 86 ...

Are the same technologies that promise to make us smarter making us less capable of the mental work that builds understanding ...

Thought emerges and is controlled in the brain via the rhythmically and spatially coordinated activity of millions of neurons, scientists argue in a new article. Understanding cognition and its ...

Have you ever gotten a flash of a different route you could have taken while stuck in traffic? This isn't just a fleeting ...

Waves of synchronized, coordinated neuronal activity have been observed and studied in the brain for over a century. But for ...

A computer rendering of a parvalbumin-positive neuron, which researchers were able to produce in large quantities for the first time in in-vitro models. Neurons are the cells in the brain responsible ...

In the well-known thought experiment known as the prisoner's dilemma, one individual has to decide whether to stay silent or talk to the police about their crime based on how they anticipate an ...

This optical illusion reveals your critical thinking style: spotting the person first shows a detail-focused mind, while ...

The human brain takes about 100 ms to process information, then about another 100 ms to decide to move in response. Did you just blink reading that sentence? That's about how long we're talking about.