Want to change your behavior? How about your consumers' behavior? A new Georgetown study reveals how overlooked cues are the ...

In a new paper with implications for preventing Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders, Keith Hengen, an associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St.

About ten years ago, scientists began exploring an unconventional idea for studying the brain: using bioluminescent light to ...

MIT researchers are using living cells to target diseased brain areas and deliver tiny electronic devices that can modulate ...

Scientists have engineered a protein able to record the incoming chemical signals of brain cells (as opposed to just their ...

Neuroscientists have long listened to the brain’s electrical spikes, but those loud crackles are only the final output of a ...

A conversation with biological anthropologist Helen Fisher by Alison Beard The Theory: Helen Fisher’s research on the brain systems that drive human personality, attraction, and love has been featured ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

A team of UChicago psychology researchers used fMRI scans to learn why certain moments carry such lasting power ...

Much has been made of the power of habit. We’re encouraged to make healthy choices our default and to understand the way that the brain sets certain tasks, such as our morning commute, on autopilot to ...

The traditional boundaries between professional and personal life are increasingly blurred. The idea of work-life balance — where work and personal time are neatly divided — has given way to a more ...