The visceral substrate of selfhood is not an add-on to cognitive self-awareness; in many frameworks, it is its foundation. Neuroimaging shows the anterior insula co-activating with the medial ...

Humans and other animals gradually learn what sounds or other sensory cues in their surroundings are meaningful or ...

What if everyone is irrational, whether or not they’re addicted to substances? Josh and Ray can’t get enough of talking to Hanna Pickard from Johns Hopkins University, author of What Would You Do ...

Colorado lawmakers are considering a proposal to research a powerful, psychedelic plant medicine with the ability to "reset" the brain and combat addiction or mental health issues.

When we experience music or dance together, our nervous systems synchronize. The performing arts may be one of the last ...

Scientists want to redesign psychedelics so that they don’t induce a trip—but they still improve mental health.