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While executive function matures between 18 and 20 years of age, the brain keeps changing long afterward.
Various environmental phenomena can play tricks on our brain.
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.
What a long strange trip it's been.
Survey data suggests that our bodily perceptions of love extend far beyond the heart.
A healthy lifestyle even protects those who are genetically predisposed to depression.
This biochemist is determined to create a new life form by reversing the shape of molecules.
The benefits of the psychedelic seem to last long after the trip wears off.
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?
According to neuropsychologist Julia DiGangi, no one can live a life free of emotional pain. We can only choose how those emotions empower us.
Even if a leading theory of consciousness is wrong, it can still be useful to science.
Goalkeepers have an enhanced ability to integrate auditory and visual information compared to other players.
If the "self" is not real, then we are slaves to a billiard ball universe, trapped in a nihilistic nightmare in which we cannot change our fate.
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The flavor is "simultaneously fascinating and... abusive."
Only about 10% of patients survive cardiac arrest. Of the ones who do, many have amazing stories to tell.
Artificial general intelligence will not arise in systems that only passively receive data. They need to be able to act back on the world.
If you want to achieve new goals, harness your brain's ability to change chemically, structurally, and functionally.
Chronic pain is often driven by brain processes that can be reprogrammed.
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Want to be more intelligent? Here’s why you should hit the gym, according to neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki.
Could a theory from the science of perception help crack the mysteries of psychosis?
“I think it has a real chance to reverse motor symptoms, essentially replacing a missing part.”
For people with hard-to-treat depression, a non-invasive technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can provide relief.
Will you die when your body dies?
The amygdala can hijack your brain's response if it recognizes past trauma in a current situation. To regain control, simply press pause.
We are prone to false memories. One reason is that we are biased toward remembering tidy endings for events, even if they didn't exist.
There are hints that it could lead to new treatments for Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and other brain disorders.