Richard Sima

• Brain Matters

Summer seasonal affective disorder is not as well-known as winter SAD, but it holds a higher risk for suicide and may become more prevalent with climate change.

• Post Reports

On today’s episode of “Post Reports,” we talk about the benefit of hearing birdsongs for our well-being.

• Brain Matters

Older adults who feel young at heart may not only live longer, but also may have more life satisfaction, lower dementia risk and reduced depression symptoms.

• Well+Being

New research suggests that a subset of patients with psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia may actually have autoimmune disease that attacks the brain.

• Arts & Entertainment

Celine Dion has cancelled her Courage world tour after revealing that she has an incurable and rare neurological condition called stiff-person syndrome.

• Brain Matters

Birds are a way to connect with nature, which is associated with better body and brain health, research shows.

Brain Matters columnist Richard Sima explains what’s happening in the brains of the estimated 15 to 20 percent of people who feel ASMR

• Post Reports

While the coronavirus emergency declaration officially ends this week, neuroscientist-turned-science-journalist Richard Sima has been pondering this question: Why are so many of us starting to forget much of the pandemic?

• Brain Matters

In experiments, the work of light cannabis users was not rated as more creative than of nonusers.