What we call “pretty” is far less fixed than it feels. Research shows that attraction is shaped by biology, psychology, ...

In A Nutshell Alpha brain waves cycling at 8-13 times per second determine how wide your “temporal binding window,” or the ...

Learn how a new research roadmap could turn debates about consciousness into testable experiments.

The results revealed that the speed of alpha brain waves in the parietal cortex plays a key role. This region of the brain ...

A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Nature Communications, reveals how rhythmic brain waves known as alpha ...

A new study reveals that alpha brain waves help the brain decide what belongs to your body. Faster rhythms allow the brain to match sight and touch more precisely, strengthening the feeling that a ...

When a baby smiles at you, it's almost impossible not to smile back. This spontaneous reaction to a facial expression is part ...

Feeling warm or cold doesn’t just register on the skin—it changes how connected we feel to our own bodies. Research shows ...

A new brain device from Northwestern University is asking a daring question: what if information could reach your brain ...

New research suggests that exercise difficulty isn’t just about muscles or fitness, it’s about perception. By subtly altering ...