Neuroscience now provides substantial evidence that meditation leads to measurable changes in brain structure and function, a ...

Creativity is notoriously difficult to study as it unfolds, but musical improvisation offers a rare chance to watch spontaneous idea-generation in action.

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An international research team investigated the brains of 16 jazz pianists while they played a piece from memory, improvised based on the melody, and freely improvised based on the chord changes. The ...

In recent years, scientific interest in psilocybin, the psychoactive compound found in “magic mushrooms,” has surged, driven ...

We celebrate entrepreneurship as a force for disruption, yet the modern entrepreneur is increasingly trained to optimize ...

By increasing neuroplasticity, psychedelics may both enhance creativity and be useful for treating a variety of psychiatric ...

A lot of brain development happens early in life, but researchers don't have a strong understanding of how a baby's brain ...

Many great discoveries have emerged from the "twilight" state between wakefulness and sleep. It's possible to use this state ...

The nervous system resets not only through rest, but also through curiosity. Exposure to new experiences—reading outside your ...

MRI signals don’t always match the brain’s true activity levels, overturning a core assumption used in tens of thousands of studies.

A new study published in Molecular Psychiatry shows that computer-assisted cognitive behavioural therapy can cut depression ...