Having trouble focusing on your New Year’s resolutions? You’re not alone – people are more distracted than ever, says Gloria Mark, professor emerita of informatics at UC Irvine. In fact, most people ...

Feel like you can’t focus? Like you’ll never finish a book again? Like the only way to keep your mind and hands busy is to scroll on social media for hours? You’re far from alone. One body of ...

This will hardly come as a huge surprise to pet owners, but what is going on in our brains when we spend time with our furry friends? To find out, a new study out of Konkuk University in South Korea ...

Diwali in 2024 will be celebrated on October 31, as religious scholars have reached a consensus regarding this date. The festival, which includes the traditional worship of Goddess Lakshmi, will thus ...

Signals are processed only if they reach the brain during brief receptive cycles. This timing mechanism explains how ...