Our body’s natural sleep-wake rhythm, or circadian rhythm, helps us stay healthy and function throughout our daily lives.

The product of creativity tends to depend on our passion, will, and the environment that surrounds us.

Our capacity for empathy has evolutionary roots. The theory of embodied simulation proposes empathic mirrored responses are triggered by witnessing another’s behavior or emotions.

Multiple fields have analyzed how varying factors influence people’s perception of personal space in their interactions.

Alzheimer’s disease causes brain cells to die, disrupting brain function at cellular and wholescale levels.

Phantom limb syndrome is a condition in which people feel a limb that is not there. There are a few leading theories on why these sensations occur.

Playing a musical instrument is the brain equivalent of a full-body workout.

Our existing beliefs can distort the way we process information.

Conspiracy theories take advantage of our pattern-seeking brains by grabbing attention, triggering strong emotions, and giving meaning to random events. Researchers think dopamine could be to blame when people forgo the facts for fiction.

Rhythms drive music-playing and dancing as well as speaking and walking.