When a baby smiles at you, it's almost impossible not to smile back. This spontaneous reaction to a facial expression is part ...

We often think of memories like the contents of a museum: static exhibits that we view to understand the present and prepare ...

One way to get that pleasure is to seek retaliation. Additional brain scan studies have shown that when people imagine ...

This digital era makes you feel productive even if you sit in a single place for a long time. You can finish your work ...

When the brain becomes overstimulated, these pleasure spikes become less effective, leading us to believe we need more and ...

By modeling the single-trial electroencephalogram of participants performing perceptual decisions, and building on predictions from two century-old psychological laws, we estimate the times of ...

New research following children for more than a decade links high screen exposure before age two to accelerated brain maturation, slower decision-making, and increased anxiety by adolescence.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) sounds complicated, but the treatment itself is straightforward.

This important study combines optogenetic manipulations and wide-field imaging to show that the retrosplenial cortex controls behavioral responses to whisker deflection in a context-dependent manner.

If you replay arguments long after they end, your brain may be seeking reward, not resolution. Here’s how dopamine shapes ...

Silence is often associated with calm, but extended quiet can trigger restlessness, intrusive thoughts, and anxiety. Research into sensory deprivation helps explain why the brain reacts so strongly ...

As of December 2025, there is no approved fourth federal stimulus check. Former President Donald Trump has proposed a new round of payments, but this has not been approved by Congress. Arizona has ...