Special Edition

A mysterious condition once dismissed as hysteria is challenging the divide between neurology and psychiatry

Philosopher Philip Goff answers questions about “panpsychism”

Hundreds of thousands of people experience mania without ever getting depressed. Why does psychiatry insist on calling them bipolar?

Anxiety about social distancing and infection is altering how much we dream and the nature of our dreams themselves

A handful of experiments are raising questions about whether clumps of cells and disembodied brains could be sentient and how scientists would know if they were

Brain regions that process faces reveal deep insights into the neural mechanisms of vision

Applying electric currents reveals the function of varying brain regions and helps to alleviate neurological disorders

Experimental techniques demonstrate how to strengthen memories when our brains are off-line

Psilocybin and MDMA represent a first wave of therapies that help patients by changing the way they view reality

Reality is constructed by the brain, and no two brains are exactly alike

Neural circuits that track our whereabouts in space and time may also play vital roles in determining how we relate to other people

Neurons fire in your head before you become aware that you have made a decision. But this discovery does not mean you are a “biochemical puppet”

The new discipline of network neuroscience yields a picture of how mental activity arises from carefully orchestrated interactions among different brain areas

Delirium is very common on COVID wards. Researchers are testing whether these temporary bouts of confusion could bring on permanent cognitive decline

Researchers demonstrate that during REM sleep, people can hear—and respond to—simple questions such as “What is eight minus six?”

A new generation of brain-machine interfaces can deduce what a person wants

White matter, the insulation around our neural wiring, plays a critical role in acquiring knowledge 

Uncertainty in the world threatens our sense of self. To cope, people embrace populism

Zapping the brain with magnetic pulses while measuring its electrical activity is proving to be a reliable way to detect consciousness