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Risk-taking isn't inherently bad: It tends to build self-confidence when things work out, and resilience when they don’t.
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When migraine and tension-headache patients overuse their medications, they can actually trigger more headaches.
Your brain may notice fearful faces, even if you don't consciously realize it.
Instead of walking a mile in someone’s shoes, try reading a chapter in their book.
"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.
Forgetfulness isn't always a "glitch" in our memories; it can be a tool to help us make sense of the present and plan for the future.
In a study involving mice, scientists used two different techniques — one optogenetic and one pharmacologic — to recover "lost" memories.
Humans are good visual thinkers, too, but we tend to privilege verbal thinking.
New blood types are regularly discovered by an unusual absence or an unusual presence — both of which can result in tragedy.
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Humans are musical animals four million years in the making, explained by music expert Michael Spitzer.
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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Has the "age of psychopharmacology” shrunk society’s sense of responsibility for mental health?
Cryo-electron tomography, or cryo-ET, is the future of cell research.
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.
Don’t worry that your dog’s world is visually drab.
And it's much, much less expensive.
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“What you pay attention to, is your life.” Where do you place precious brain resources?
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Do humans have souls, or are we just particles? Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder explains.
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.
People with shingles have an approximately 80% higher risk of stroke than those without the disease.