Chronic stress is epidemic, and it is killing us. We know that and strive to become healthier. For some people that can be ...

There's a window of time in our lives we've all passed through yet still know so little about: early gestation.

Feb. 19, 2025 — Neuroscientists have discovered how the brain distinguishes between visual motion occurring in the external world from that caused by the observer moving through it. Known as the ...

Upheaval within the brain’s higher order networks could explain psilocybin users’ feelings of profound connection to the ...

New research provides the first direct evidence that brain lesions causing secondary psychosis map to a common brain circuit ...

Our study investigated the brain circuits involved in psychosis-a condition characterized by delusions, hallucinations, ...

Andrew Pines, MD, MA, a resident in the Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women's Hospital and a researcher in the ...

A new study investigated the brain circuits involved in psychosis—a condition characterized by delusions, hallucinations, ...

Andrew Pines, MD, MA, a resident in the Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a researcher in the ...

As a result, there are physical differences in the brain of a person diagnosed with schizophrenia compared with people without schizophrenia. Disruptions to genes linked to brain health and ...

A new study shows that the cerebral cortex acts as a "memory machine," constantly detecting novel stimuli to refine its predictions of the future.

Lori Laird was defending a couple whose son shot 23 people at his school, while engaged in a desperate struggle with her own ...