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Mental Health Awareness Month

Mental Health Awareness Month

What is mindfulness? In part one of her nine-part Mind Science series, clinical health psychologist Dr. Lindsay Bira, explains what mindfulness is as she helps us practice building emotional wellness. In these short videos Dr. Bira offers practical mindfulness...
The Effects of Poverty on Children’s Brains

The Effects of Poverty on Children’s Brains

What creates resiliency in children raised in poverty? Graduate student Tin Nguyen (Vanderbilt University) was our BrainStorm 2019 winner for his pitch that sought to provide a deeper understanding of the relationships between resilience, brain structure, and...
Beauty Perception and Your Brain

Beauty Perception and Your Brain

How the brain responds to beauty Beauty is elusive, and philosophers have tried for centuries to understand it. Now scientists are trying their hand as well. And while science cannot yet tell us what beauty is, Scientific American looks at how researchers can perhaps...

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