Scientists can predict if you will change your mind by reading brain activity—even before you make an initial choice. This ...

Why do animals search for food at specific times of the day? In a study published in Current Biology, a research group led by ...

“Like riding a bike” is shorthand for the remarkable way that our bodies remember how to move. Most of the time when we talk ...

A new viral trend has taken social media by storm, and now it’s creeping into classrooms across Australia. It’s called the “six seven” trend. While the name suggests numbers, there’s no math involved.

It’s also helped to have his dad and two sisters, especially over recent weeks. Szmyt’s parents were married for 29 years. His dad, Eric, has been at every Browns game this season. His sister, ...

A brain imaging technique developed by Columbia researchers has identified areas in the brain's cerebral cortex—just behind the forehead—that are most damaged by the repetitive impacts from heading a ...

Helping students make meaning of what they’ve witnessed, and the larger societal context, may actually help the brain heal, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and Kori Street write. On Sept. 10, a public ...

Janina Seubert receives funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement n° 947886) and from the Swedish ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You probably think you’re listening to my voice right now. But what if I told you that you’re actually experiencing a ...

As emotions rise and fall in everyday life, your brain keeps up, constantly adjusting. These transitions between feelings—like joy, sadness, or fear—aren’t just random reactions. They’re part of a ...

Our editors handpick the products that we feature. We may earn commission from the links on this page. C.J. Burton Not to be too blunt about it, but: What it’s doing to your brain is that it’s rotting ...