Mind & Brain

We think that what we see represents stone-cold reality. Science has found out how wrong we can be.

Curiosity makes people hungry for knowledge—but not necessarily in a hurry

When anger strikes, decreasing arousal is more likely to reduce aggression than venting is, according to a massive review of 154 studies

David Dunning explains how people can avoid overestimating their own knowledge, a psychological bias called the Dunning-Kruger effect

From the time I learned to read, I have experienced a form of mental closed-captioning called ticker-tape synesthesia

Nerve cells form long-term memories with the help of an inflammatory response

The inability to process numeric information, dyscalculia is still poorly understood. Finding therapies may require looking beyond the numbers

Benadryl, which contains diphenhydramine, is a drugstore mainstay and just one medication out of many that could possibly damage brain health

A small section of the mouse brain’s hippocampus uses specific neural codes to denote social familiarity and identity

Here are seven fiction and nonfiction books we recommend from the past few months. They involve broken hearts, killer robots and epic failed experiments

A syncopated rhythm may prompt our brain to find the beat

An infant’s aha! moment may hold secrets to the origins of agency