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Cognitive Neuroscience
Claims circulating on the Internet — some from dentists' websites — suggest toothpaste isn't necessary for dental health. Is that true?
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has been a controversial diagnosis since it was first described, back in the 1940s.
Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.
The secret sauce of humor is incongruity. AI knows this as well as we do.
When we view hard work as a sign of low aptitude, it harms our ability to learn and grow.
Being bilingual benefits children as they learn to speak — and adults as they age.
Here's the case for why science can't keep ignoring human experience.
To make a ton of information stick in your mind, you have to make it chunky.
Research suggests you can influence your sense of time by changing the “embodiedness” of your daily habits.
"She understood me and I understood her. I loved that pigeon.”
Big Think recently spoke with sleep psychologist Dr. Jade Wu about the surprising consequences of forgoing sleep.
Research suggests that to maintain a healthy brain, we should tend our gut microbiome.
People who die by suicide are more likely to have reduced levels of the NPAS4 gene, which helps regulate inflammation in the brain.
Neuroscience supports the notion that an escape from conventional perspectives can be a gateway to spectacular insights.
I also can’t conjure sounds, smells, or any other kind of sensory stimulation inside my head. This is called “aphantasia.”
A volley of new insights reignites the debate over whether our choices are ever truly our own.
The aging brain is networked differently.
Lab experiments showed Caribbean box jellyfish are quick studies of their environment.
Our intuitive understanding of time is very different from a physicist's understanding of time. How do we reconcile these views?
The modern attention economy hijacks our ability to focus, but an ancient technique offers a means to get it back.
Morning, afternoon, or night: When is the best time to exercise? Scientists have extensively studied this question. Here's what they found.
Lucid dreamers may have “privileged access to their inner world,” with “heightened awareness... to the outside world.”
Katie Kermode — a memory athlete with four world records — tells Big Think about her unique spin on an ancient technique to memorize unfathomably long lists of information.
The great philosopher spent the final portion of his painful life in a vegetative state. Did illness get him there, or was it his own philosophy?
Neural imaging has shown that the brain has “decided” what we’re going to do before we make a conscious choice — but is this even relevant to free will?
Goalkeepers have an enhanced ability to integrate auditory and visual information compared to other players.