Brains

Federal regulation of research tissue from the deceased is prefaced on the assumption that the dead (tissue) stays dead. A new experiment suggests otherwise.

Access to nature appears to provide kids with a specific cognitive advantage.

New neural research could help us design better anti-prejudice interventions.

There's new evidence that the brains of musicians and bilinguals require less effort to perform cognitive tasks.

Wealthy people's brains are less likely to atrophy, according to new research.

Through the use of stem cell-based organoids researchers are making big strides in the study of neurodevelopmental diseases such as schizophrenia and autism.

New research finds the brains of close friends tend to respond to stimuli in very similar ways.

New research identifies a pattern of brain activity that is associated with superior creativity.

Living near the urban-forest interface agrees with our amygdala.

Building on past work, scientists create wheelchairs controlled directly by electrical signals inside monkeys' brains.

Theoretical psychologists show that when the world is being random, the best option leads to oddly inconsistent preferences.

A new study shows the brain's learning mechanisms make distractions like snack foods—or drugs—harder to avoid.

The electrical weapons prevent people from thinking clearly, raising concerns about Miranda warnings, a new study argues.

New research finds music lessons produce neural benefits in kids who don't start formal training until high school.

Electrical signals in the brain may help identify children who'll struggle with reading as early as age three.

New research from Finland finds there’s danger in thinking the worst of your fellow man.

For the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our inaugural list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young men and women we predict will have a serious impact on the social, political, and economic issues we cover every day here at Pacific Standard.