We've never had an agreed-upon model for how the mind works; people have suffered from misinformed theories and treatments as a result. The work of today's behavioral neuroscientists deserves extra scrutiny as they develop treatments for mental health, explore the nature of consciousness, and further the development of artificial intelligences.

Your brain isn't the same in virtual reality as it is in the real world

Lead poisoning hits low-income children harder than their affluent neighbors

Connecting brains to machines may let bacteria come along for the ride

Miniature brains the size of a pea are sending out brainwaves for the first time

You live in a mostly 2D world, but the map in your brain charts the places you've been in 3D

Daylight saving time is bad for your health

Some brains are more susceptible to PTSD after trauma than others

Feel like quitting? Blame your brain cells

The right kind of post-stroke experience can rewire the brain for long-term recovery

A protein in your brain behaves like a virus, infecting your cells with memories

How do we measure pain, anyway?

Those few cigarette puffs during adolescence might have altered your brain

Loneliness is an epidemic, and we can turn to technology to fix it

CRISPR nanoparticles are the next big hope in Alzheimer’s disease treatments

Testing drugs on stem cells in petri dishes may revolutionize our understanding of difficult-to-study diseases

People with narcolepsy process humor differently

Microglia may be the missing clue to solve the opioid epidemic

Being a Pokémon Master in childhood permanently alters your brain

Neuroscience should take sex differences in the brain more seriously

There won't be a cure for Alzheimer's disease in our lifetime

The medical jump from mice to humans just got easier

When finding a mate, intelligence matters to female parakeets

Humans are two developmental stages away from monkeys

Should parents fear potatoes as much as screens?

Scientists sent thoughts from brain to brain with nothing in between

Scientists have got the recipe for growing miniature human brains just right

This is how the light from your phone breaks your internal clock

With new technology, mind control is no longer science-fiction

It's time to focus on the connection between biology and consciousness

That bossy GPS voice isn't actually necessary for navigating

People ask about my experiments on mice. The answers are … complicated

The beautiful merger of art and science that inspired generations of neuroscientists

Artificial intelligence isn't a 'black box.' It's a key to studying the brain

Scientists have learned to grow brain tissue to 100x (just add water)

Why scientists are exploring sleep deprivation as a treatment for depression

How machine learning is helping neuroscientists understand the brain

Can we reverse the effects of drugs on developing brains?

International collaboration is the best way to understand the complexities of the brain

The psychedelic renaissance is here. Will it last this time?

Does modern neuroscience really help us understand behavior?

How does the developing brain learn to perceive the world before it can see it?

Can MDMA help people with autism overcome social anxiety?

Here's what happened when researchers raised monkeys who never saw a face

How shaving mice led to an accidental discovery about our sense of touch

Here's what happens to hamster brains when they don't get enough play

Physicist Max Tegmark explains why AI will help humanity flourish

MDMA can help fight PTSD — if scientists are allowed to use it

Want to learn how brains go awry? First, we must learn how they work

How scientists are mapping the brain networks that connect our childhoods to everyday behaviors

Will it ever be possible to measure subjective experience?

Neuroscientists proved the brain regenerates. Now they’re trying to figure out how.