Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. For many years, psychological research regarding the depressed ...

(Katlowitz et al., Nature, 2026, color adjusted) Our brains might be more alert when unconscious than we realized. A new study of brain cells in the hippocampus shows that people under general anesthe ...

The unconscious brain appears to be far more capable than scientists once believed. Researchers found that patients under general anesthesia could still process language at a sophisticated level, ...

In order to understand brain diseases, neuroscientists try to untangle the intricate nerve fiber labyrinth of our brain. Before analyzing brain tissue under a microscope, it is often soaked in ...

When choosing their behavior in socially difficult situations, anxious people use a less suitable section of the forebrain than people who are not anxious. This can be seen in brain scans, as shown by ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a diagram of the wiring connecting 84,000 neurons as they ...

Nuttida Rungratsameetaweemana is challenging a story neuroscience has told for decades. According to the conventional account ...

Your brain slips into a different mode when taking on this viral speed-reading challenge on X. Skipping this exercise at the gym could be bad for your brain Getting swole is great. But cognitive ...

As more Americans live longer, maintaining brain health is becoming an increasingly important part of overall well-being. During Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month and throughout the year, there is ...