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Perseverance might well be Sergiu Pasca’s middle name. The first in his family to attend college, Pasca, now an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University, has secured a place on the international neuroscience stage t

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with virtual reality researcher Jeremy Bailenson about his new book Experience on Demand. And she also tries some VR herself.

Sergiu P. Pasca uses models of the human brain, created through cellular reprogramming technology, to explore the biological underpinnings of brain disease.

Since October, when dozens of women accused Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment, a torrent of stories about male sexual misconduct has roiled workplaces in entertainment, journalism, government and the restaurant industry. Even yoga t

During a stressful time, smelling a partner’s scent might help ease anxiety, a study suggests.

Once data have been extracted from the brain, how can they be employed to best effect?

We hear a lot about aging societies these days. At the same time, we hear relatively little about being old from older people themselves. In part, this is because most people in their 60s, 70s and older still don’t think of themselves as “old.” We often r

Barres died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer, Stanford announced. He was 63. Within neuroscience, he was known as “the godfather of glia” for his pioneering work on the cells that make up 90 percent of the human brain. And across academia, Barres was belove

Mark Tessier-Lavigne shares a piece that he wrote in tribute to Ben almost a year ago.

By Amy B. Wang

A former Facebook executive is making waves after he spoke out about his “tremendous guilt” over growing the social network, which he feels has eroded “the core foundations of how people behave by and between each other.”

Chamath Palihapitiya began working for Facebook in 2007 and left in 2011 as its vice president for user growth. When he started, he said, there was not much thought given to the long-term negative consequences of developing such a platform.

Stopping a plan once it's underway requires a lot of brainpower. Stopping an action required three key brain areas to communicate with eight other areas and all the communication had to occur within about one-tenth of a second.

Strong friendships are a precious resource, but scientists know surprisingly little about them. In particular, it’s difficult to predict what about a person makes it likely that they will attract close friends or be viewed as a close friend by others.

A brain system involved in everything from addiction to autism appears to have evolved differently in people than in great apes, a team reports Thursday in the journal Science.

Ultrasonic energy can be harnessed to alter brain activity and treat disease — but first, scientists need to learn how it works.

What makes humans special? Some credit should go to the opposable thumb and the larynx, says neuroscientist David Eagleman, but a lot of it has to do with our ability to be creative and constantly think up new ideas.

It's taken more than 20 years to get to the bottom of narcolepsy—and there's still no cure.

Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the award supports exceptionally creative scientists pursuing new research directions to develop pioneering approaches to major challenges in biomedical and behavioral research.

The secret to overcoming psychological fatigue at work could simply be to stay calm. In fact, there's scientific proof that keeping your composure reaps big benefits in the long run.

Empathy — the ability to tune into and share another person’s emotion from their perspective — plays a crucial role in bringing people together. But this seemly positive emotion can also have a downside, particularly if someone gets so consumed by another

“The A--hole Survival Guide: How to Deal with People who Treat You Like Dirt” offers ways of spotting and coping with the various kinds of jerks we encounter at work.