Even when people are lying in a brain scanner, doing nothing, music that has a beat activates the motor areas of the brain. The impulse to move is irresistible; whether people are lying in a giant ...

Why do elite fencers succeed in a sport where decisions must be made in milliseconds? A study suggests the secret isn't just ...

Why do couples grow apart? They are excellent at managing life, but forget how to be romantic partners. Couples must make an ...

Elizabeth Margulis, Ph.D., is a professor of music and director of the Music Cognition Lab at Princeton University. Her ...

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Fathers launching young adult children must embrace rather than renounce their past and present imperfections in order to ...

No matter how intelligent we actually are, we always know someone who at least appears to be smarter than we are (or so we ...

The concept of "bids for connection," pioneered by John Gottman, transformed our understanding of relationships. But his work ...

Since she feels relatively satisfied and busy, she's not particularly drawn to exploring new hobbies or interests. The point ...

How Goldie Hawn uses neuroscience and music to conduct a "symphony of the self," transforming life's noise into a resonant ...

I had blood phobia my whole life—until a bombed-out patient in the ER forced me to confront it in the most visceral way ...

An ADHD assessment appeared straightforward on paper, with symptoms seemingly absent. But once cultural context and life ...