Reading books isn’t just good for your mind. It triggers profoundly relaxing changes in your body as well.

Cerebrum is an excellent journal for the general reader, published by The Dana Foundation. Back in 1999, Cerebrum gave a list of the great books on the brain, and now ...

Toronto, February 9, 2026 – Learning to read reshapes how the brain processes language. New research from Baycrest and the University of São Paulo shows that learning to read fundamentally changes how ...

Life may be a race, but reading is not. Read below to find what science suggests, and how small habits can make reading ...

Welcome to the SciFri Book Club page about The Grieving Brain. There’s lots of ways to participate: Read the book, listen to our interview with the author, join our community space, attend an event, ...

In “Cerebral Entanglements,” Allan J. Hamilton argues that new imaging technologies give us unprecedented access — with revolutionary implications. By Deborah Blum Deborah Blum is the director of the ...

Whether you're into biographies or bodice-ripping romances, there's nothing like a good book. Since the first novel was published in Japan 1,000 years ago, we've been transported by the power of words ...

Many of us struggle to focus enough to read a whole book. Neuroscience says that’s terrible news for our brains but offers a ...

In ‘The Balanced Brain,’ the overlap between the chemical signals for hunger and anger shows how emotions and bodily states are closely linked. The following is an excerpt from The Balanced Brain: The ...