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Neuroscience
"Domesticated viral genes" may not be domesticated as scientists thought.
New research shows that the transition from general to specific memories involves the maturation of inhibitory neurons in the hippocampus.
Walter Pitts rose from the streets to MIT, but couldn’t escape himself.
Brain activity may be more like "ripples in a pond" rather than signals sent on a telecommunications network.
Neuroscientist and author Bobby Azarian explores the idea that the Universe is a self-organizing system that evolves and learns.
“Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself — and there isn’t one.”
John Templeton Foundation
Numerous videos online show that squid undergo a dramatic color-changing effect after being stunned or killed.
A team of scientists has warned that marketers seek to advertise in our dreams. Will our sleep be commercialized against our wishes?
A new study from Finland suggests that we all process the behavior of others using the same neural networks.
Spiritual experiences can be explained in terms of a highly evolved brain. But they also can be extremely meaningful.
John Templeton Foundation
Is blood the key to anti-aging, or just another lucrative biotech opportunity?
Brain-computer interfaces could enable people with locked-in syndrome and other conditions to "speak."
Evolutionary pressures drove the formation of tribes who encoded their values in myths and symbols. Was this cooperation cursed?
Would you confess your crimes to a skeleton with "an unnatural ghastly glow"? One inventor thought you would.
Memory, responsibility, and mental maturity have long been difficult to describe objectively, but neuroscientists are starting to detect patterns. Coming soon to a courtroom near you?
The dying brain experiences a surge of electrical activity. Could this help explain the mysterious phenomena of near-death experiences?
Emotion dysregulation has been linked to unhealthy risk-taking, relationship challenges, and negative physical health outcomes.
A recently identified stage of sleep common to narcoleptics is a fertile source of creativity.
Meditation can put you in a wiser relationship with life.
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Thomas Edison was on to something...
Neuroscience is beginning to provide clues about the emergence of human consciousness.
John Templeton Foundation
The hallucinations that characterize schizophrenia may be due to a "reality threshold" that is lower than it should be.
Intelligence is not fixed but fluid. A growth mindset allows our brains to flourish while lowering our stress levels.
A recent study highlights the astounding adaptability of the human brain.
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.