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Would You Upload Your Brain to the Cloud?
Scientists are in hot pursuit of the "the connectome"—the map of the 86-billion-neuron, 100-trillion-synapse human brain that would allow your brainware to be recreated in digital form. Read More 
Scientists are in hot pursuit of the "the connectome"—the map of the 86-billion-neuron, 100-trillion-synapse human brain that would allow your brainware to be recreated in digital form. Read More
A new study finds that rejection is less distressing to mindful people (and their brains). Read More
Dr. Mark Bertin examines the evidence that meditation may pack a punch against illness and imbalanced lifestyles. Read More
Scientists insist on talking about the brain while the rest of us talk about the mind. Sharon Begley sizes up the two sides of the mind/brain conversation. Read More
New studies suggest that training in mindfulness may help us show more care and compassion toward others. Read More
Habits are key to achieving your goals—but only if you don’t get tired of them, research suggests. Read More
Scientists are weighing what it really means to be happy—and their findings aren’t so straightforward. Read More
While most psychologists call mind wandering a detrimental “failure of executive control," a new study suggests that it's not always harmful. Read More
Research on mindfulness apps is limited, but here’s what we know so far. Read More
Our brain is like a wild, raging electrical storm that wondrously enables us to make our way. Yet a lot of mindfulness literature makes it sound like a very simple machine. Two leading neuroscientists suggest better ways to think and talk about the brain and the mind. Read More
