New brain study reveals why people with schizophrenia hear voices: their brains amplify inner speech instead of quieting it, ...

It’s frustrating when you try to hunker down to tackle a project, only to have your mind wander. If this happens more than ...

A new study has found that listening to relaxing music is an effective way to recover from mental fatigue. The research also ...

Brainwaves scan the cerebral cortex like a radar system to bring attention to visual anomalies, according to new MIT research ...

New research shows that the brain’s ability to detect subtle visual changes—like spotting an anomaly on a security monitor—depends on theta-frequency brain waves (3–6 Hz) that rhythmically sweep ...

Imagine you are a security guard in one of those casino heist movies where your ability to recognize an emerging crime will ...

When you wake up in the morning, it might feel like your brain just switched on at the ring of an alarm, although you still ...

Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of NPR's Short Wave talk about the brain benefits of quitting cigarettes, language development in premature babies, and a mysterious imprint in a Chicago sidewalk.

Neuroscientists probing the boundary between sleep and awareness are finding many types of liminal states, which help explain ...

Researchers trace how different sleep stages may fine-tune what we remember, trading specifics for more general knowledge.

Music has played a role in managing behavioral symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, such as agitation, for a long time. That ...

"It’s the first time we’ve been able to see how more complex, anxiety-related decision-making plays out," a researcher said.