A colorized computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain revealing blood vessels in the brain. A new study finds microplastics accumulate at higher levels in human brains than in the liver and kidneys.

Discover how your stress response is actually working for you—and how imagination can help you adapt, even when the world makes it hard to find a clear path forward.

People who can no longer move or speak may soon have a new option: an implanted device that links their brain to a computer.

A team of researchers examined whether picturing a choice impacts whether someone will make that choice in reality.

Lead author Nadine Dijkstra noted that while imagination does stimulate the same region, the signal is usually too weak to ...

Harvard cognitive psychologist Daniel Schacter’s work has underpinned a sea change in how we think about memory; namely, that ...

Meal prepping looks like it’s about saving time and eating healthier, but what’s really happening is that you’re giving your overstimulated, decision-fatigued brain the break it desperately ...

Imagination relies on an ability to differentiate between what's real and what's not — and now, scientists have uncovered potential brain mechanisms that make this distinction possible. These, they ...

Standing before the vibrant yellow and white text describing the sculptures in The Stories of Us exhibition at the United Nations, the voices of artists from across the African diaspora filled the ...

Typically, this part of the brain shows more activity when someone sees a real object and less activity during imagination. But in these cases, vivid imagination boosted activity so much that the ...