Mind & Brain

The right kind of silence can be golden, revitalizing and strengthening a relationship

Interrupting signals exchanged between tumors and the nervous system could become a critical pillar of cancer care

When men suffer social isolation, women may pay the price, too

Multiple-study analysis looks at why men’s emotional intimacy is much more difficult outside of romantic relationships

Top soccer players demonstrate superlative cognitive abilities for strategizing and situational awareness

An experiment shows that bonobos can understand when a human lacks knowledge and point them in the right direction

Giving in to cynicism makes us less trusting, less connected, and even less physically and mentally healthy.

Facial expressions do far more than just broadcast emotions

The hit show Severance can be refashioned as a teaching moment about certain brain disorders. But its famed “Innie” versus “Outie” conceit is totally bogus

Margarethe Hilferding was the first woman admitted to Sigmund Freud’s Vienna Psychoanalytic Society, but her radical work on maternal instinct was dismissed and ignored

Snow’s appeal is more than just a fond nostalgia for childhood days away from school

A style of teaching that gets adolescents to reflect beyond the here and now may help their brain grow in ways that enhance life