
Brain
Loneliness makes our brains crave people
An area of the brain that lights up when hungry people see food also revs up when lonely people see social activities.
An area of the brain that lights up when hungry people see food also revs up when lonely people see social activities.
Stress from experiencing racist acts can lead Black teens to recognize and confront racism and fight for social justice.
Puberty is a time when hormones surge and people develop the ability to have children. But it’s so much more than that.
The brain continues to grow and mature throughout childhood. One big change occurs in which parts of the brain turn on as someone processes language.
Taking notes with a pen or pencil triggers activity in parts of the brain important for memory and for storing new information.
Over a span of 11 years, an increasing share of students performed more poorly on exams than on their homework. Online homework help may explain why.
Being confident can feed a confirmation bias in us, new studies show. This bias can make your brain ignore other people’s ideas and any conflicting information.
Everyone makes mistakes. It turns out that how you view them says a lot about how — and how much — you’ll learn.
Here are 10 tips — all based on science — about what tends to help us learn and remember most effectively.
Some starving microbes nap while awaiting their next meal. For some living miles below the ocean surface, that nap may exceed 100 million years.