13 July 2022
We have long known that connecting with nature in green spaces is great for our mental health. Now fresh research is showing that time near water – by the coast, rivers and even fountains in the park – is even more restorative
15 June 2022
Ditching artificial light and living by the natural cycle of the sun can offer plenty of benefits for your health. But when you lose any sense of time whatsoever, you risk losing yourself too
17 November 2021
The debilitating pain we sometimes feel at the loss of those we love is an evolutionary mystery. It could all come down to what happens in our childhoods
11 December 2019
Most of us are convinced that we're coherent individuals who are continuous in time. There's just one problem with this sense of self – it can’t exist
24 October 2018
We each have a personal memory style determined by the brain, so next time you argue with someone about what really happened, remember that you may both be right
24 October 2018
Memories fade, but that's no accident. Forgetting is a useful trick of the mind, and even when memories are lost, they aren't always forgotten
24 October 2018
As you slumber, the brain is a whir of activity sorting and storing your memories. How does it know which to choose, and how can you game the system?
27 June 2018
Can a mind ever know itself? Maybe we don’t want to know: solving the ‘hard problem’ of consciousness could threaten our sense of self and free will
18 April 2018
You might think you can get by on 5 or 6 hours’ sleep a night, but people who get less than 7 hours are more likely to have mood or mental health problems
26 July 2017
Some people see time, others feel like impostors. Their unusual brains have much to tell us about our sense of self, finds V.S. Ramachandran
