Brain

Psychiatry’s biggest breakthrough in decades might come from machines that don’t need to understand the mind at all.

A biomedical startup is tuning electrical stimulation devices to your specifications so you won’t need pills.

Doctors could soon prescribe screen time for children with ADHD.

Researchers are finding new links between specific genes and intelligence. Can we use this knowledge to make people smarter?

… where we ask the experts for reading recommendations.

Cory Doctorow’s novel “Walkaway” envisions a future in which the jobless masses co-opt automation technologies to ensure their freedom.

Berkeley researchers may have the perfect authentication device — assuming you’re okay with a computer analyzing your thoughts.

Step one: breathe…

Hardware visionary Mary Lou Jepsen’s next act is to read your mind—no implants required.

Machines programmed to explore could lead to smarter AI — and show us how to unlock capacities lying dormant in our own brains.