How choices are framed can drastically influence our decisions ¬¬— even when outcomes are identical.

Lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD, is a synthetic psychedelic that partially works by activating serotonin receptors, altering the way we think, sense, and behave.

The spontaneous behavior helps both the speaker and the listener.

Fear responses help us confront life-threatening situations — but not all fears threaten our survival. Through fear conditioning, we can come to fear otherwise harmless scenarios.

Like a gardener trimming the excess branches of a tree, synaptic pruning clears away unneeded connections between neurons.

Learn how your brain creates dreams while you sleep.

Surges of different neurotransmitters give rise to the emotional whirlwind that characterizes the early stages of romantic relationships.

Explores one process by which sleep is thought to play a role in properly regulating synapses — the synaptic homeostasis hypothesis.

Just like superheroes can train and grow their powers, our brain's connections change and adapt to give us our strengths.

Some brain signals once thought to be "noise" actually encode useful information. Lessons from the physics of flow encourage us to reconsider these unpredictable signals and now scientists are finding uses for them in medicine.