They’ve long been seen as a way to prevent cognitive decline—but experts say the real key to brain health goes far beyond word games. An elderly person works on a crossword puzzle. These games can ...

A divorce is seldom easy—not for the couple that divorces, but also not for their children (if they have any). However, past psychological research on how divorce affects children’s development was ...

What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain more important than others? Scientists began tackling these questions in more depth about 35 years ago. Researchers have made ...

Inflammation is a natural bodily process – but when it becomes chronic, it’s strongly linked with disease. Increasing evidence links inflammation in the brain, or neuroinflammation, to mental health ...

Though the research on microdosing mushrooms is sparse, early studies suggest that it may have the potential to improve focus ...

There's some truth to the urban legend that certain toads have psychedelic properties, but licking them isn't a good idea.

A perspective article published in Psychedelics by Prof. Xiaohui Wang and colleagues examines how psychedelic substances profoundly reshape the perception of time, offering unprecedented insights into ...

Anna M. Zamorano has received funding from The Lundbeck Foundation and from the Danish National Research Foundation through the Center for Neuroplasticity and Pain (CNAP). After years of working with ...

Shane Christie and Billy Guyton were the sort of mates so in touch that they felt the other shiver. Each played rugby union with the ferocity of men who had something to prove: Guyton was nicknamed ...

Thursday night, Hailey, 25, kept glancing at her phone. She’d showered, picked an outfit, even double-checked the bar’s address. The date had been penciled in since Sunday, when a Hinge match ...

The Perspective in Psychedelics titled "Psychedelics and time: Exploring altered temporal perception and its implications for consciousness, neuroscience, and therapy," is freely available via Open ...