The vibe at SXSW's SHE Media Co-Lab was electric in the best way: packed rooms, smart conversations, and a crowd of women who are clearly there to absorb every word. It was also warm and intentional.

Change can sound like a willpower problem. But as Dr. Deepika Chopra explains in her recent book, The Power of Real Optimism, the real work begins in the brain. In this condensed excerpt from Chapter ...

Imagine that you are a professor of neurobiology who, for the past seventeen years, has been lecturing to your students on the conventional wisdom about the brain. Then, quite unexpectedly, you ...

For over a decade, neuroscientists have been trying to figure out how neurogenesis (the birth of new neurons) and neuroplasticity (the malleability of neural circuits) work together to reshape how we ...

Practice may do more than make perfect. Researchers found that extensive training physically reorganizes the brain, allowing learned tasks to bypass the prefrontal cortex and run through specialized ...

How can ADHD be both a source of daily struggle for millions and a common trait among highly accomplished artists and innovators like Justin Timberlake and Simone Biles? The science behind this ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a neurological treatment that involves inserting an electrode into the brain and using electric pulses to stimulate therapeutic effects. So far, researchers have used ...