Our brains use basic "building blocks" of information to keep track of how people interact, enabling us to navigate complex social interactions, finds a new study led by University College London (UCL ...

A pair of monkeys staring at colored shapes in a Princeton lab may have brought you closer to understanding how your own mind works. A new study shows that the brain solves hard problems by reusing ...

Visual media can increase engagement and retention of difficult topics. Rajan has been working with visual artists and science communicators to create science comics that explain her research. These ...

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That meticulously organized calendar might be doing far more than just organizing your day. Beyond the obvious productivity benefits, time blocking could actually be changing your brain’s physical ...

Research from Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital found that women who consumed two or more servings of strawberries and blueberries each week delayed memory decline by up to two-and-a-half years.

A new study shows that the brain solves hard problems by reusing simple mental parts across many tasks, much like snapping ...