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Patricia S. Churchland is the author of "Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition" and "Touching a Nerve: Our Brains, Our Selves." She is professor…
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We live in a society where kids and parents are obsessed with early achievement, from getting perfect scores on SATs to getting into Ivy League colleges…
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Learning and playing music, more than almost any other activity, strengthens and preserves brain function. Moreover, the brain of a musician is markedly…
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When Henry Nicholls was twenty-one, he was diagnosed with narcolepsy: a medical disorder causing him to fall asleep with no warning. For the healthy but…
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Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London.In her book, "Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the…
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Allison Pataki is the author of the bestselling novels "Sisi," "The Traitor’s Wife," and "The Accidental Empress," as well as the co-author of "Where the…
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Bestselling YA author Andrea Buchanan lost her mind while crossing the street one blustery March morning. The cold winter air triggered a coughing fit,…
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Matthew Walker is a professor of neuroscience and psychology at UC Berkeley, the Director of its Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab, and a former professor of…
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We spend a third of our lives in bed, but how much do we really understand about how sleep affects us? In the past forty years, scientists have discovered…
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Dr. John Bargh, the world’s leading expert on the unconscious mind, presents a groundbreaking book, twenty years in the making, which gives us an entirely…