The best books about the brain start with the basics, including the key parts, functions, and processes of the brain. These foundations lay the groundwork for further understanding the mind.

C rosswords, Sudoku, twisty crimes to solve, seek-and-finds, or memory exercises are all examples of mental workouts that can ...

Neurologist Pria Anand recounts curious tales of the workings of the human mind in an elegant debut that is being compared to ...

In “My Plastic Brain: One Woman's Yearlong Journey to Discover If Science Can Improve Her Mind” (Prometheus Books, 2018), Caroline Williams explores whether neuroscience can help her make ...

The DOSE Effect: Optimize Your Brain and Body By Boosting Your Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, and Endorphins. TJ Power (Dey Street Books; Jan. 21) ...

The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality, by Andy Clark, Pantheon Books, 304 pages, $30. For René Descartes, minds were essentially thinking (or feeling) things. For the ...

That stack of similar business books on your nightstand might be doing less for your brain than you think. While we often pride ourselves on being dedicated readers, many of us unwittingly fall ...

Pria Anand’s study of the brain, The Mind Electric, combines memoir and patients’ anecdotes into a book as mysterious as its subject ...

Reading has the added benefit of engaging your mind and forcing your brain to be creative so you can imagine the story as you read. Dr. David Lewis, who conducted the 2009 study, explains that ...