You look up from your phone screen and suddenly realize you weren't thinking about anything. It's not a lapse in memory or a daydream; it's literally a moment when you're not thinking of anything at ...

A new study provides evidence that the human brain constructs our seamless experience of the world by first breaking it down ...

When you picture a map in your mind, your brain uses different pathways than when you actually look at one. In a study on spatial attention, participants recalled the map of France and judged which ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Those aren’t just lyrics from the Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody.” They’re also the ...

Women are affected by severe depression twice as often as men. The reasons for this have not yet been fully clarified. One ...

Improving focus doesn’t mean turning your routine upside down. Small, practical habits like these can make a big difference in how well you manage your time and energy. By experimenting with some of ...