This is the second of a two-part series on Hans Berger's discovery of EEG, and how it revolutionized psychological science. The first piece, on the historical context, can be found here. When EEG ...

Jena, Germany, 1924: Working in near-isolation and with painstaking tediousness, the psychiatrist Hans Berger observes rhythmic electrical activity from the scalp of human subjects. He is convinced ...

Everything’s a little off when you haven’t had any sleep: you can’t remember where you put your cell phone, your eyes burn, ...

Meditation has been shown to have remarkable benefits for the meditator. Improved mental health has long been associated with meditation as it can reduce anxiety, fear, and sadness. But it can also ...

On Wednesday, a flurry of headlines and a trending Twitter topic arose about a study published in Frontiers of Aging Neuroscience. Researchers had caught a rare glimpse of recorded brain activity in ...

A small observational study has shed new light on how nasal esketamine affects the brain in people undergoing treatment for major depressive disorder. The researchers found that esketamine produced ...

The first recording of a dying human brain has shed light on what happens to us in the moments before and after we die. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience A groundbreaking new study has shed light on ...

In the United States, more than 40 million people suffer daily with the effects of anxiety. Sometimes the symptoms can be debilitating. Research shows that left untreated, anxiety can actually alter ...