Modern warfare targets perception, using psyops, disinformation, influencers, data profiling, and emerging neurotechnology to ...

Everyone’s memory can be faulty to a certain extent. New research on memory's foibles shows how gaslighters prey upon their victims by taking advantage of this simple fact.

MIT neuroscientists have figured out how the brain is able to focus on a single voice among a cacophony of many voices, ...

Neuroscientists have investigated the effects of stress on the perception of scenes and faces. In a behavioral study, they compared the results of stressed participants with those of an unstressed ...

Imagine waiting in line for a shot when someone who just got one tells you it was really painful. Could hearing that make the shot hurt more? According to a new Dartmouth study, what others say about ...

Smell can evoke powerful memories, subtly influence attraction, and even regulate stress. But research suggests that what we sense depends as much on experience as on biology.

Intermittent fasting may not help people who are overweight or obese lose weight, a large review suggests. The researchers say the popular practice of fasting on some days of the week and eating ...

Whereas the invariant aspects of a face allow one to recognize who someone is, the changeable aspects of a face can be used to infer information about that person's state of mind. Most face viewing ...

As Gavin Newsom tells it in a new memoir he rose from humble beginnings, a kid who got a paper round to help his mother make ends meet, and then got knocked off his bike by bullies who called him ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

If you're in the mood to trick your brain, we've got just the thing for you. Akiyoshi Kitaoka is a psychology professor at Ritsumeikan University in Japan. One look at his Twitter, and it's pretty ...