Devoted readers of the estimable Montreal-born psychologist Steven Pinker know he can get carried away with his own ...

When I introduced Steven Pinker, it felt like our worldviews couldn't have been more different. Here's why that dissonance was exactly the point.

I added more than 50 books to my library. The 5 Types of Wealth offers a thoughtful perspective on work-life balance from ...

The sound of a mother's voice can help boost newborn language development in premature babies. A new study, published in "Frontiers in Human Neuroscience" on October 13, hoped to find a link between ...

Charles Murray interprets anecdotes of “terminal lucidity,” unresponsive neurological patients coming to life for a final goodbye, as evidence for an immaterial soul (“Can Science Reckon With the ...

In his new book, neuroscientist Steve Ramirez delves in the fast-growing field of memory manipulation, which is being explored as a treatment for depression and other mental health conditions.

I don’t know about you, but ever since I can remember – from my early teens – I have been bemused about the endless rituals we humans perform; and even more so about what can and can’t be said about ...

In this second part of a two-part post on the correlation between relational trauma and negativity, we will discuss four evidence-based exercises and a powerful psychotherapeutic option that can help ...

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and their collaborators have created one of the most comprehensive single cell maps of the developing human brain. The atlas captures nearly every cell type, ...

A baby was diagnosed with a brain tumour after he struggled to sit up and use his left hand - symptoms which were initially put down to developmental delays. Jordy Arthur was 10 months old in March, ...