When we are angry, our emotional brain goes into overdrive, and we act first rather than think first. "When I get mad, I stop thinking. I see red, and something takes over that I can't control," one ...

How many times have you heard that advice? Perhaps you’ve even urged it on someone else. The command is a common one, issued in schools, in the workplace, amid the trials of everyday life. Its refrain ...

Brain teasers are short, clever puzzles designed to make the mind think in fresh ways. They often look simple, but they push us to use logic, patience, and careful observation. X users found the brain ...

The "good stuff," I tell my writing students, comes not from conscious calculation but from the unconscious, the dream place in our brains. The ego, the self-proclaimed executive, can help a lot with ...

The spark of creativity, that seemingly mysterious capacity to generate novel and valuable ideas, has intrigued humanity for centuries. Once attributed primarily to divine inspiration or innate genius ...

A study tracks how the structure of the brain changes during pregnancy, drawing on brain scans gathered before, during and just after one person's pregnancy. When you purchase through links on our ...

Using two newly developed types of reasoning tests, a team of researchers at UCL and UCLH has identified key brain regions that are essential for logical thinking and problem-solving. The results will ...

A team of researchers at UCL and UCLH have identified the key brain regions that are essential for logical thinking and problem solving. The findings, published in Brain, help to increase our ...

A new theory of Alzheimer's disease reassesses the role of beta-amyloid in the brain. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The pursuit ...

The human brain goes through five major eras of structural changes over a lifetime -- marked by turning points at ages nine, 32, 66 and 83 -- as it rewires to support varied ways of thinking as one ...