A study of 1,563 people reveals that reading a character's private remorse fosters empathy that helps readers forgive ...

A new study links frequent daytime naps to a 48% higher risk of dementia, highlighting daytime sleep as an early warning sign ...

Researchers discover microglia tear down brain scaffolding during heavy drinking, driving alcohol sedation and frontal brain damage.

A 35-year study shows cannabis use links to fragmented, poor sleep measured by monitors, even though users believe they slept ...

Anorexia patients are 4x more likely to carry mutations in PLIN4, a fat-storage gene in muscle and adipose tissue, revealing ...

Tracking 5,500 teens reveals higher daily step counts thicken emotion-regulating brain regions and reduce depression and anxiety.

A new study discovers a brain circuit in the anterior hypothalamus acting as a "volume knob" that dials up future stress ...

Published in Cognition, the study found that even when an AI system behaves identically to a human under the exact same conditions, people refuse to attribute consciousness to it. In contrast, ...

The Illusion Divide: When exposed to a motion aftereffect, human observers perceive a stationary object as shifted in the opposite direction. Primate inferior temporal (IT) cortex neurons mirrored ...

Scientists identify a neural circuit linking the biological clock to dopaminergic neurons and the mushroom body to control wakefulness.

Comparing your current body to past versions of yourself causes severe body dissatisfaction and eating issues.

A new study identifies central amygdala neurons that trigger severe anxiety from cannabis under stressful conditions.