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The Woman Who Got Lost at Home

A developmental disorder promises a new window onto the brain’s secrets.

January 21, 2016

A Vaccine for Depression?

Ketamine’s remarkable effect bolsters a new theory of mental illness.

December 10, 2015

Caitlyn Jenner and Our Cognitive Dissonance

While biology shows us gender can be fluid, our brains struggle to see it that way.

August 31, 2015

Here’s Why Your Brain Seems Mostly Dormant

The brilliant compromise between efficiency and ability in your head.

July 29, 2015

Can Science Tell Us What Beauty Is?

Neuroscientist Anjan Chatterjee takes us into the neurology of creativity.

January 8, 2015

To Be More Creative, Cheer Up

The way to tap your inner Hemingway is not how you think.

January 8, 2015

These Are Their Brains on Silence

How silence affects the scientists who study it.

December 17, 2014

This Is Where Your Childhood Memories Went

Your brain needs to forget in order to grow.

July 31, 2014

This Is Your Brain on Silence

Contrary to popular belief, peace and quiet is all about the noise in your head.

July 31, 2014

Ingenious: Robert Sapolsky

The primatologist and neurologist talks turbulence—teens, stress, and the information age.

July 24, 2014

Dude, Where’s My Frontal Cortex?

There’s a method to the madness of the teenage brain.

June 25, 2014