At the Long Marine Laboratory in Santa Cruz, California, a 16-year-old sea lion named Ronan loves to put on a show. With her ...

Bengaluru: The National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (Nimhans) Wednesday announced the setting up of a ...

Scientists are learning how the brain extracts discrete words from a continuous stream of sounds.

Someone recently asked me what it was like to begin playing the cello as I turned 70 years old—without prior training. Taking a split-second to think about it, I replied, “It’s excruciatingly hard, ...

Share on Pinterest Is there a magical duration for music to relieve anxiety? A new study may have found a sweet spot. Image credit: Jessie Casson/Getty Images Past research has discovered numerous ...

Galen Buckwalter says brain-computer interfaces will have to be enjoyable to use if the technology is going to be successful. Galen Buckwalter didn’t hesitate to get a craniotomy in 2024 as part of a ...

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I have a nerdy confession: my fastest Peloton ride to date was to the Hamilton soundtrack. One of my favorite runs in recent memory was a slow 45-minute trot to Lily Allen’s new album, West End Girl.

I sort of hoped Brain.fm was selling snake oil, but I liked it more than I expected to. Sometimes a life hack works when I wish it didn't. I, for example, am vulnerable to depression and anxiety. I ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The pianist Nicolas Namoradze teamed with neuroscientists for a breakthrough in experiment design. The pianist Nicolas Namoradze wanted to record videos that would visualize how ...

The proposed system’s small size makes it a powerful tool to combat stress in daily life using optimized playlists tuned to the user’s current emotional state. Most people are familiar with ‘musical ...

The human brain has 86 billion neurons connected by roughly 100 trillion synapses, making it one of the most complex objects in the known universe. Each year neuroscientists make fascinating, ...