New insights into how the mind influences the body

Neuroscientists have identified the neural networks that connect the cerebral cortex to the adrenal medulla, which is responsible for the body's rapid response in stressful situations. These findings provide evidence for the neural basis of a mind-body connection.

Scientists find the brain's generosity center

Scientists from Oxford University and UCL have identified part of our brain that helps us learn to be good to other people. The subgenual anterior cingulate part of the brain seems to be especially tuned to benefiting other people.

Students as young as five doing daily meditation as mindfulness movement sweeps Victorian schools

Wellbeing workers are becoming more common as schools integrate mental health into learning. Principals say meditation is more important than ever as children's minds become crowded by technology.

Silicon Valley is hacking spiritual practices to boost productivity

Every Tuesday, the employees of Nootrobox fast for 36 hours. Co-founder and CEO Geoffrey Woo recently boasted to Quartz that Tuesdays are now “one of our most productive days of the week.”

Vice President on Yoga Day: Meditation is important in Jain, Buddhist, Christianity and Islamic practices

Vice President Hamid Ansari talks about the parallelisms in Yogic practices even if the rituals vary.

The Mindful Child

New research shows the benefits of meditation for the elementary school set.

New test for 'growth mindset', the theory that anyone who tries can succeed

Researchers are going to examine the theory from American psychology that has taken UK schools by storm. “Growth mindset” is the name given by psychologist Carol Dweck to the idea that intelligence can develop, and that effort leads to success.

Researchers can identify you by your brain waves with 100 percent accuracy

A team of researchers has recorded the brain activity of 50 people wearing an electroencephalogram headset while they looked at a series of 500 images. They found that participants' brains reacted differently to each image, enough that a computer system was able to identify each volunteer's 'brainprint' with 100 percent accuracy.

Complex learning dismantles barriers in the brain

Biology lessons teach us that the brain is divided into separate areas, each of which processes a specific sense. But findings to be published in eLife show we can supercharge it to be more flexible.

Mindfulness training cools inflammation

A study of stressed-out adults suggests that mindfulness meditation causes brain changes that can lower inflammation levels.

A Radical Way of Unleashing a Generation of Geniuses

These students in Matamoros, Mexico, didn't have reliable Internet access, steady electricity, or much hope—until a radical new teaching method unlocked their potential.

Ways for Your Child to Embrace Meditation

Adults have learned a variety of ways to put together a special space in their homes that is expressly used for that purpose. They have open to them the money and ability to purchase what they wish to put on their sacred personal space. But what about the children?

Memory capacity of brain is 10 times more than previously thought

The brain's memory capacity is in the petabyte range, as much as entire Web, new research indicates. The new work answers a longstanding question as to how the brain is so energy efficient and could help engineers build computers that are incredibly powerful but also conserve energy.

Scientists have discovered brain networks linked to intelligence for the first time

For the first time ever, scientists have identified clusters of genes in the brain that are believed to be linked to human intelligence.