Why Your Brain Gets Fooled on April Fools SAN FRANCISCO, March 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With the prankster’s holiday coming up on April 1st, it seemed a good time to ask one of the world’s top brain scientists about what is happening in...

This Valentine’s Day: Your Brain on Love SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oscar Wilde observed that love is even more mysterious than death. But, can’t love be distilled down to chemical processes in the brain? That...

Keeping New Year’s Resolutions: Your Brain and Commitment SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- It’s only a week into the new year, but people are already well along in failing at new year’s resolutions. An estimated 80 percent will be abandoned...

Dr. Merzenich Returns to Public Television SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The science of brain plasticity is the subject of special documentary program for public television entitled “Brain Secrets with Dr. Michael...