Brain

What can the science of interoception teach us about diagnosing and treating mental illness?

New software to catch signs of cognitive decline earlier could help reduce the risk of dementia.

One writer reflects on what she learned from a month of neurostimulation for depression, energy, and meditation.

Digital tools, early detection, and better insurance policies can address the coming wave of cognitive decline.

As psychedelic drugs are poised to join the mainstream, what is the role of the prescriber?

Music and psychedelics go hand-in-hand. Could both have a healing effect?

London-based startup Wavepaths is creating a new kind of music technology explicitly designed for psychedelic therapy.

An experimental drug that addresses anhedonia could increase the brain’s capacity to experience pleasure and herald a new era of precision medicine in psychiatry.

Psilocybin, MDMA, and ketamine can lead to a new sense of self and a release from rigid rules for people with anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating disorder.

After 175 years, the medical art with a strange and dark history is getting a lot more precise.