After nearing extinction, California Indian languages are gaining new speakers—and a digital presence—with the help of UC Berkeley’s Linguistics Department.

Psychologist Paul Piff studies the link between wealth and social behavior, and shows how economic inequality shapes—and is shaped by—the mind.

Does Alzheimer’s run in your family? Challenge your brain. Recent research suggests that a lifetime of intellectual stimulation can reduce symptoms for people who are genetically at risk for the dementia-causing disease.

In laboratories across the UC Berkeley campus, researchers are unlocking some of the mysteries surrounding "neural rhythms," the pulses, bursts, and waves of electricity that continually surge through our brains.

Two Berkeley professors argue that ADHD must be understood as both a social and biological condition.

A groundbreaking long-term study by UC Berkeley researchers shows that playing with children has a profound impact on their future incomes.

Need a lift? A new research-based app to boost emotional well-being is in development.

Are our unconscious minds better at sniffing out lies than our conscious minds? Yes, according to recent research co-led by a psychologist at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business.

What does orangutan have in common with smorgasbord? It’s as easy as ABC.

Think mind-reading is science fiction? Neuroscientists have made remarkable progress in decoding imagined speech from the brain.