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Neuroscience
Despite a reputation for catastrophe and cat killings, curiosity is a beneficial drive that improves our lives and well-being.
Striking differences in the composition of the gut microbiome suggest that fermented food could help those suffering from anorexia.
Forgetting and misremembering are the building blocks of creativity and imagination.
The discovery has enormous implications for the development of novel anti-anxiety medications.
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From DMT elves, to God, to the figures in our dreams — why are humans so obsessed with the supernatural?
Nobody knows where the word "penguin" comes from.
Neuroscientists hope to learn more in the hope of finding a way to reverse dementia.
Adolescents’ brains are highly capable, if inconsistent, during this critical age of exploration and development. They are also acutely tuned into rewards.
Forget these scientific myths to better understand your brain and yourself.
One hypothesis: "gossip traps."
A study shows that the brains of lonely individuals respond in odd ways to visual stimuli, while those of non-lonely people react similarly.
"You gotta know when to fold 'em."
A recent study is the first to fabricate electronic components from endogenous molecules.
The content of our long-term memories is constantly "reconstructed" by our brains. The same is true of memories formed mere seconds ago.
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A University of Oxford professor explains how conscious machines are possible.
Our brainwaves naturally synchronize with external stimuli like flickering lights. Here's how the phenomenon might boost learning.
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This is not your average dream interpreter. Nightmares, as explained by a neuroscientist.
Chess could perhaps be the ultimate window through which we might see how our mental powers shift during our lives.
The puzzle of play
The purpose of play — for children, monkeys, rats or meerkats — has proved surprisingly hard to pin down. Scientists continue to toss around ideas.
This was largely a philosophical question until 2005, when a surgical team in France performed the first partial face transplant.
Awe-inspiring moments can be found in our daily lives, and they have surprising benefits for our health and sense of well-being.
You know that ghostly feeling that someone is nearby even though nobody is? It could be a trick of neural timing.
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Experimental neuroscientist Patrick McNamara on how we can harness spiritual experiences to explore alternate realities in our minds, and transform our models of the self.
The study was small and didn't include a placebo group, but there is reason to believe that the drugs really do work.
The ability to decode acoustic information from brain activity aids the development of brain-computer interfaces that restore communication in patients who suffer paralysis.
Tasting sounds and hearing colors.
A new study provides the most detailed look at brains on psychedelics to date.
Psychedelics mess with our prior beliefs, and could help us see what forms these beliefs in the first place.