Studying cognition by averaging data from many people's brain scans hides how individuals use their brains, new Stanford Medicine research has shown. In particular, children who struggle with ...

What brain stimulation reveals As part of my analysis, I looked at studies showing what happens to consciousness when brain activity is changed, for example, by applying electrical currents or ...

What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain more important than others? Scientists began tackling these questions in more depth about 35 years ago. Researchers have made ...

In a paper just published in Psychological Review, we argue that our imagination sculpts the images we see in our mind’s eye ...

Nature heals the soul, but what does it do to the brain? Have you ever been on a camping or hiking trip to a national park ...

Parts of the brain are "rewired" when people learn computer programming, according to new research. Scientists watched university students’ brains as they learned to code. The team used functional ...

A new study suggests a single exercise session can increase electrical “ripples” in parts of the brain that support memory and learning ability. The research recorded electrical activity directly from ...