Neuroscience
Depression Linked to Shrinking Brain Region in Older Adults
The memory center of the brain show signs of decreasing volume
How Dreaming Drains Your Energy
The brain makes its bed long before we dream, and the neurons don’t call all the shots
Does Watching TV Really Rot Your Brain?
Generations of parents have a new piece of scientific evidence to combat couchpotatoism
Some People Are Better at Eavesdropping Than Others
New study shows what happens in our brains as we track multiple conversations
Can a Preteen’s Reaction to a Face Predict Their Future Social Lives?
The developing brains of boys and girls light up differently when shown a face
The Nautilus Guide to the Best Books on the Science of Art
Inside the brain and aesthetic experience
We May Owe Our Intelligence to Our Unique Neurons
Our cortical neurons may hold the key to our clever brains
If You Want Animals to Understand You, Speak Slowly
A new study suggests almost all animal communication shares a common, slow rhythm
Hunting for a New Hallucinogen in the Lilliputian Psychedelic
The chemical substance behind these visions isn’t like any other known to science
Speaking More Languages May Help Slow Brain Aging
A new study suggests multilingual people have younger brains
How Obesity Leads to Memory Loss
Scientists want to know if aging and an expanded waistline affect memory in the same way
