Scientists are in hot pursuit of the "the connectome"—the map of the 86-billion-neuron, 100-trillion-synapse human brain that would allow your brainware to be recreated in digital form.
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Meditation apps help users see mindfulness as part of their lives but they also run the risk of becoming just another tech habit.
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A new study finds that rejection is less distressing to mindful people (and their brains).
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Scientists insist on talking about the brain while the rest of us talk about the mind. Sharon Begley sizes up the two sides of the mind/brain conversation.
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New studies suggest that training in mindfulness may help us show more care and compassion toward others.
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While most psychologists call mind wandering a detrimental “failure of executive control," a new study suggests that it's not always harmful.
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Research on mindfulness apps is limited, but here’s what we know so far.
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Why is it that we seem to get along with some people right off the bat? Is it just because you happen to like the same kind of music, or are there deeper reasons to find yourself on the same wavelength?
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Our brain is like a wild, raging electrical storm that wondrously enables us to make our way. Yet a lot of mindfulness literature makes it sound like a very simple machine. Two leading neuroscientists suggest better ways to think and talk about the brain and the mind.
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Neuroscientist Amishi Jha explains why overloading our attention can harm us, and how practicing mindfulness provides us with the space we need to find focus.
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