New research shows that the human brain automatically recognizes what actions an environment affords—like walking, climbing, or swimming—even without conscious thought.

If hearing an old song or getting a whiff of freshly sharpened pencils instantly carries you back to high school, you’re ...

What else might be happening to my brain as it’s constantly flooded by endless content and information? Vuorre says that studying a brain that’s bombarded with stimuli is “n ...

How do you intuitively know that you can walk on a footpath and swim in a lake? Researchers from the University of Amsterdam have discovered unique brain activations that reflect how we can move our ...

Imagine perceiving the world with an entirely new dimension of understanding, a sense beyond sight, sound, touch, taste, and ...

The brain is constantly mapping the external world like a GPS, even when we don't know about it. This activity comes in the ...