Your brain’s doing its best, but what you see isn’t reality. It's more like a useful hallucination that lets you interact with the world.

Spoiler alert: it’s far more than five

Can you see the world in your mind’s eye, or is it all a blank? Come find out why not everyone has mental imagery.

Hello, is it meaning you’re looking for? Well, you won’t find it if you keep repeating the same word.

Find out what’s happening in the brain when you have an out of body experience, and how to trick yourself into having one!

Some people can’t bear noises like crunching, pen tapping and slurping. Why is that and how can research help them?

Decreasing daylight can trigger seasonal affective disorder, but what about subtler changes in mood?

Maybe they’re real; maybe it’s just magnets.

Déjà vu expert Courtney Aitken explains why it sometimes feels like time has gone in circles.

Is it stress, circadian rhythms, or simply the fact that all airports are cursed?

It’s a myth - but how did it get started and why do we still believe it today?

Quick, take a selfie! Now, click to find out why you’re likely to have shown one side of your face to the camera.