Scientists at the University of Cambridge in the U.K. have created a self-organizing, artificially intelligent system that uses the same tricks as the human brain to solve specific tasks. This ...

Optical illusions play tricks on your brain and can make you see things that aren't really there, from static images swirling around the page to images that stay with you even after you look away.

Dreading a task at the end of a long week? There may be a way to trick your brain into seeing that chore as a reward. "Dopamine anchoring" is the latest psychology hack making the rounds on social ...

Stressed out by hot-button issues? Politicized science? Chemistry Lessons From Hell? Relax. Here are some quirky chemistry tricks that require little brain power. I've even explained how they work.

Tips to feel sharper, concentrate better and stop brain fog. Jan. 20, 2013— -- Where'd you put your keys again? Ever walk into a room and forget why you entered? Or completely space out during an ...

There’s something oddly therapeutic of the small, mundane rituals that we’ve just built to feel something, the fridged cigarette, the hiss of a Coke can cracking open after a long day, the gentle ...

No matter how much we love our lives and our jobs, our daily to-do lists always include things we do not want to do, if not tons of things we don't want to do. It's perhaps the worst part of being an ...