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Neuroscience

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

August 19, 2026

How Paying Attention to Pain Could Help You Heal Faster

Close attention might be part of your immune system

August 18, 2026

The Quest to Understand the Forgotten Psychedelic

One of the first scans of mescaline in the brain suggests it travels a different path

August 13, 2026

30 Minutes, 3 Exercises: A Routine for an Aging Brain

And you thought you were done with the three Rs

August 10, 2026

When Dreaming Gets Your Heart Moving

Deep dreaming may be more in tune with the body than we thought

August 10, 2026

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

August 9, 2026

Depression Linked to Shrinking Brain Region in Older Adults

The memory center of the brain show signs of decreasing volume

August 7, 2026

How Dreaming Drains Your Energy

The brain makes its bed long before we dream, and the neurons don’t call all the shots

August 3, 2026

Does Watching TV Really Rot Your Brain?

Generations of parents have a new piece of scientific evidence to combat couchpotatoism

July 23, 2026

Some People Are Better at Eavesdropping Than Others

New study shows what happens in our brains as we track multiple conversations

July 16, 2026

Can a Preteen’s Reaction to a Face Predict Their Future Social Lives?

The developing brains of boys and girls light up differently when shown a face

July 14, 2026