Neuroscience
Does Consciousness Require a Body?
A conversation with neuroscientist and author Antonio Damasio about intelligence, feelings, and robots
Can Nature Benefit You If You’re Already Well?
A conversation with a neuroscientist about how nature can fortify the strong and support resilience
How to Think About Thinking
A conversation with neuroscientist Adrian Owen about the importance of executive function
What a Blissful Psychedelic Trip Looks Like Inside the Brain
Personality and context shape the psilocybin experience in ways that show up on brain scans
How Paying Attention to Pain Could Help You Heal Faster
Close attention might be part of your immune system
The Quest to Understand the Forgotten Psychedelic
One of the first scans of mescaline in the brain suggests it travels a different path
30 Minutes, 3 Exercises: A Routine for an Aging Brain
And you thought you were done with the three Rs
When Dreaming Gets Your Heart Moving
Deep dreaming may be more in tune with the body than we thought
Taxi Drivers Rarely Die of Alzheimer’s—How Complex Mental Maps and Spatial Reasoning Protect Your Brain
Working with and living in spatially complex environments may help delay cognitive decline, though more research is needed
