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Psychology and Neuroscience

This Contest Put Theories of Consciousness to the Test. Here’s What It Really Proved

Thought Experiment

This Contest Put Theories of Consciousness to the Test. Here’s What It Really Proved

A Groundbreaking Human Brain Cell Atlas Just Dropped

Neuroscience

A Groundbreaking Human Brain Cell Atlas Just Dropped

Fleeting Memories

How Insect Brains Melt and Rewire During Metamorphosis

Is It Real or Imagined? Here’s How Your Brain Tells the Difference

Reality Check

Is It Real or Imagined? Here’s How Your Brain Tells the Difference

Brain Implants That Help Paralyzed People Speak Just Broke New Records

Biotech

Brain Implants That Help Paralyzed People Speak Just Broke New Records

Use of AI Is Seeping Into Academic Journals&-and It’s Proving Difficult to Detect

Proofread

Use of AI Is Seeping Into Academic Journals—and It’s Proving Difficult to Detect

Everyone Was Wrong About Antipsychotics

Drug Bust

Everyone Was Wrong About Antipsychotics

The First Pill for Postpartum Depression Is Almost Here

Public Health

The First Pill for Postpartum Depression Is Almost Here

Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder, but Memorability May Be Universal

Forget Me Not

Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder, but Memorability May Be Universal

Almost All Research on the Mind Is in English. That’s a Problem

Cognitive Bias

Almost All Research on the Mind Is in English. That’s a Problem

Why Songs Get Stuck in Your Head&-and How to Stop Them

Music Theory

Why Songs Get Stuck in Your Head—and How to Stop Them

To Understand the Human Brain, Give an Octopus MDMA

WIRED Podcasts

To Understand the Human Brain, Give an Octopus MDMA

Old Memories Can Prime Brains to Make New Ones

A Snail Tale

Old Memories Can Prime Brains to Make New Ones

Meet the Psychedelic Boom’s First Responders

Reality Check

Meet the Psychedelic Boom’s First Responders

How a Human Smell Receptor Works Is Finally Revealed

On the Nose

How a Human Smell Receptor Works Is Finally Revealed

The Psychedelic Scientist Who Sends Brains Back to Childhood

altered egos

The Psychedelic Scientist Who Sends Brains Back to Childhood

Gene Expression in Neurons Solves a Brain Evolution Puzzle

Hard Fork

Gene Expression in Neurons Solves a Brain Evolution Puzzle

The Quest for Injectable Brain Implants Has Begun

Neuroscience

The Quest for Injectable Brain Implants Has Begun

Easily Distracted? You Need to Think Like a Medieval Monk

Doom Scrolling

Easily Distracted? You Need to Think Like a Medieval Monk

Scientific Fraud Is Slippery to Catch&-but Easier to Combat

Gotcha!

Scientific Fraud Is Slippery to Catch—but Easier to Combat