Can’t sleep? Between screen time and the demands of daily life, your brain doesn’t just shut off when you hit the pillow. Sleep experts say your brain waves control how well you sleep. Think of your ...

At what point do "you" end and the outside world begins? It might feel like a weird question with an obvious answer, but your brain has to work surprisingly hard to judge that boundary. Now, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Although our sense of self feels intuitive, the human brain actually has a hidden mechanism that helps us distinguish our bodies from the external ...

The brain of a dozing cat is recognizable by its production of what we call alpha waves. The human brain is also capable of producing such waves, for example when we lie relaxing in the grass with our ...

When people use a psychedelic called dimethyltryptamine (DMT), they experience a temporary loss of their sense of self. DMT interacts with a frequency of brain activity associated with ...

A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Nature Communications, reveals how rhythmic brain waves known as alpha oscillations help us distinguish between our own body and the external world ...