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 ...

When we focus, switch tasks, or face tough mental challenges, the brain starts to sync its internal rhythms, especially in ...

Body-awareness skills can help balance the score by teaching us how interception can aid self-regulation and healing.

New research shows that the brain’s cortex can rapidly reorganize itself after losing neurons, allowing other nerve cells to take over lost functions.

"The scale at which we analyzed the amyloid peptides was unprecedented," said Ben Lehner of the Wellcome Sanger Institute.

A direct connection from the nose to brain neurons are activated by the smell of food to trigger satiety in lean, but not in ...

Our brain is adept at synchronizing with rhythmic sounds, whether it's the beat of a song or the steady patter of rain. This ...