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The Chasmagnathus granulatus crab leads a simple life. It spends its days burrowing for food and trying to avoid its nemesis, the seagull. But recent research has shown that despite its rudimentary brain, this crab has a highly sophisticated memory

Meditation can relieve pain, and it does so by activating multiple brain areas, according to an April study in the Journal of Neuroscience . [More]

Checking in on your employees, tips on videoblogging, how to keep in touch while on vacation, and more.

Understanding the thoughts and feelings of other individuals is essential for navigating the social world.

Four years ago, investors gingerly handed over seed money to Lumosity, a startup creating brain games. Today they're happily tossing the same company $32 million

If two men began a boisterous tug-of-war over the wine list at a posh restaurant, more than a few heads would turn. Yet two six-year-old kids quarreling over a pack of crayons at a diner would hardly seem unusual. It is normal for kindergartners to act out and for grown-ups to show restraint

Neuroscience gets invoked these days to explain virtually any behavior--from the actions of Wall Street traders to a "God gene" that makes us devout.

Atheists The best thing about writing a story as a journalist is that you get to interact with astute readers who are never reticient about telling you what you missed in your reporting. My story, “ The Neuroscience of True Grit ,” the cover in the current issue, talks about what we know, and what we’re still trying to find out, about psychological resilience: the thing that