In the functional MRI room at the University of California, Berkeley, it's story time. All in all, getting a brain scan for this project on language learning isn't a bad gig -- just kick back, listen to some stories and watch some...

Can the way you speak and write today predict your future mental state, even the onset of psychosis? In this fascinating talk, neuroscientist Mariano Sigman reflects on ancient Greece and the origins of introspection to investigate how...