UC San Diego researchers find that a weeklong mind-body retreat led to rapid changes in brain function and blood biology, ...

Can't dismiss income inequality, climate change when dispensing mental healthcare, say doctors at AKUH conference ...

Every day, we make choices. Some are tiny, while others can be potentially life-changing. Moreover, all of them live at the intersection of neurons and meaning. The brain works quietly in the ...

Mind blanking is a common experience with a wide variety of definitions ranging from feeling 'drowsy' to 'a complete absence of conscious awareness.' Neuroscientists and philosophers compile what we ...

A new large-scale, open data resource from the Perelman School of Medicine and collaborators helps researchers link brain ...

That little voice that is narrating your experience as you read this—is it in your mind or in your brain? At first glance, this might seem like a stupid semantic question. But it cuts to the heart of ...

A diet developed for brain health might slow or prevent cognitive decline associated with dementia, Alzheimer's and age-related memory loss, a study says. "Following a MIND diet approach to meals can ...

Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and memory. Our brains build maps of the environment ...

During a recent operation on a patient’s brain, neurosurgeon Dr. Daniel Orringer noticed something peculiar: he could almost feel the patient’s positivity emanating from them. Typically, we perceive ...

A sweeping analysis of more than 70 studies reveals that short-term fasting has little effect on how the adult brain performs ...