The human brain is not a passive recorder of events, it is an active simulator that constantly rehearses futures, rewrites ...

The claim that the brain, and particularly the frontal lobe, finishes developing at 25 is far less solid than social media ...

Computer programming powers modern society and enabled the artificial intelligence revolution, but little is known about how our brains learn this essential skill. To help answer that question, Johns ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ann Kowal Smith explores workplace culture and collaboration. Musical genius Glenn Gould obviously spent hours at the piano, but ...

One reason that chronic pain, mental or physical is consistently solvable is the brain’s property of neuroplasticity. Your brain physically constantly changes based on the nature of the sensory input.

What does forgiveness look like in the brain? As a neuroscientist, I am always looking for the biological underpinnings of mental processes—not as an effort to distill mystery into molecules, but to ...

Neuroscientists discover the tricks and shortcuts the brain takes to help us survive. Is what you see real? Join neuroscientist Heather Berlin on a quest to understand how your brain shapes your ...

What's normal? What's not? Find out what experts say about the cognitive aging process and the secrets of ‘superagers.’ Our brains start to shrink as early as our thirties and forties. In middle age, ...