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Cognitive Neuroscience
New research shows psychedelics activate receptors inside brain cells that other compounds, like serotonin, cannot.
Studies suggest that meditation can quiet the restless brain.
A healthy endocannabinoid system is critical to the human body’s immune functions.
It may be an advantage in some contexts.
Gum disease begins in the mouth but spreads to the joints. Rheumatoid arthritis is just one of several diseases linked to poor oral health.
Human thinking is antiquated.
Your brain may notice fearful faces, even if you don't consciously realize it.
"Language is the most distinctively human talent."
Get the most out of your coffee.
In a citizen science project, thousands of pet dogs are helping scientists to understand what happens to memory and cognition in old age.
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Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky on the science of temptation, and the limitations of your brain’s frontal cortex.
The initial goal of AI was to create machines that think like humans. But that is not what happened at all.
Your breathing rhythm influences a wide range of behaviors, cognition, and emotion.
Compared to people who took a placebo, the brains of those who took caffeine pills had a temporarily smaller gray matter volume.
These 5 research-backed tips can turn bad habits into financial gain.
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Creative people are better able to engage brain systems that don’t typically work together.
Researchers are looking at neurons required for touch-mediated pain relief.
Pathogenic, self-propagating proteins called prions found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's are also found in Down syndrome patients.
And it's much, much less expensive.
When you can't enter flow, you can still lean on your internal rhythm.
Over time, different structures in the brain come to play unique roles in the storage and retrieval of long-term memories.
Solving difficult visual puzzles seems to help the brain "rewire" itself by forming new neural pathways.
The "subarachnoidal lymphatic-like membrane" helps shield and protect the brain.
It was originally recorded in the 1970s by cognitive psychologists Harry McGurk and John MacDonald.
When we're stressed, our hormones and nervous system produce all sorts of odors.
Sleep less, sleep less, sleep more.