Meditation can have positive effects on our health and well-being. However it has been unclear which mental practice has which effect, and what the underlying processes are. Researchers have ...

Dr. Paul D. MacLean, the neuroscientist who in the 1960s developed the then-revolutionary concept of the three-part brain -- one part controlling involuntary actions, one controlling emotions and the ...

Brain-training games are all the rage, but whether they prevent cognitive decline has been debatable. Studies in recent years have gone back and forth on the topic, with no definitive conclusion. Many ...

The first lesson in Lisa Feldman Barrett’s popular book, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain, 1 is titled "You Have One Brain (Not Three)." It focuses on debunking Paul MacLean’s triune model of ...