UC Santa Cruz research innovations and academic programs advance brain and mental health.

Brain-computer interfaces will play a central role in defining how human intelligence and artificial intelligence fit together.

A new study led by cognitive neuroscientists at the University of Colorado Boulder and the Max Planck Institute for Human ...

Author Sophie Kinsella, best known for her 'Shopaholic' book series, has died at age 55, her family confirmed on Dec. 10. The ...

When scientists want to understand how the human brain really works, they often turn to carefully controlled experiments. But ...

Better ways to measure cognitive exhaustion could point to treatments for long COVID and other debilitating disorders.

A new study led by cognitive neuroscientists at the University of Colorado Boulder and the Max Planck Institute for Human ...

Fentanyl overdoses can happen in minutes, and the usual tools respond after the damage is already underway. A proposed vaccine tries a different approach: keep fentanyl tied up in the bloodstream so ...

Men use football to feel that competitive tension and release without actual risk. Their self-esteem becomes tied to the team ...

Close observers will note that journalists in the legacy press have a perplexing habit of engaging in outright activism for ...

Humans and most other animals are known to be strongly driven by expected rewards or adverse consequences. The process of ...

Researchers have built a fully implantable device that sends light-based messages directly to the brain. Mice learned to ...