Your brain has a neocortex and a limbic system, and sometimes they fight. Here’s how to get them to play nice. For starters, you probably procrastinate far less than you think. If we stop to think ...

The cerebral cortex of the mammalian brain consists of neocortical and allocortical components: neocortical areas are chiefly responsible for interactions with the external world and include primary ...

DEAR DOCTOR K: My grandmother has Alzheimer’s disease. How does Alzheimer’s wreak so much havoc in the brain? DEAR READER: Early on, Alzheimer’s disease affects the brain’s limbic system and cerebral ...

Smarter and faster seems to be the mantra of our digital age. And in our rush to embrace this computational magic, we tend to celebrate its astounding logical capabilities while viewing our own ...

In the dim glow of an Uber rushing through Mumbai at rush hour, Simran grips her phone like a talisman, her heart pounding as a stranger's cough echoes too close. Sweat beads on her forehead; her ...

The beneficial effects of a widely used class of antidepressants might be the result of increased nerve-fiber growth in key parts of the brain, according to a Johns Hopkins study being published in ...