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Exercise can have surprisingly transformative impacts on the brain, according to neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki. It has the power not only to boost mood and focus due to an increase in […]
"I am not sick at all but everyone around me becomes sick."
There were many similarities, but also some profound differences.
"I thought strangers knew who I was and were whispering about me as I walked by."
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Modern life replaced spirituality with goal-setting — and it’s making us depressed. Here’s how to win back your happiness.
Modern memory athletes use this ancient technique to memorize thousands of digits of pi.
As cells divide, they must copy all of their chromosomes once and only once, or chaos would ensue. How do they do it? Key controls happen well before replication even starts.
Our minds seem both physical and intangible. That paradox has gripped this neuroscientist since childhood.
Will we ever unravel the mystery of consciousness? Two academics made a 25-year bet on it. The scientist lost.
Learn to spot the scientists who are searching for the truth rather than money, ego, or fame.
The space‑specific neurons in the owl’s specialized auditory brain can do advanced math.
Don't feel compelled to start a napping routine just yet.
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Your "social reality" isn’t an absolute reality. A leading neuroscientist explains why.
Your brain is trying to show you the future.
Your expectations form the way you experience the world.
Boys are four times as likely as girls to develop autism. Girls are nearly twice as likely to experience depression. The immune system may be a player in these and other brain-health disparities.
Quantum physics is starting to show up in unexpected places. Indeed, it is at work in animals, plants, and our own bodies.
Neuroscientists think a cluster of cells in the brain that stimulate appetite could be a target for eating disorder therapies.
We should acknowledge that there are faith-based myths running deep in science's canon.
Synchronized activity between the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and thalamus plays a role in memory consolidation.
After Albert Einstein’s death in 1955, a pathologist—searching for the secret of genius—removed, dissected, and ultimately stole the mathematician’s brain.
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What sets trauma apart from regular bad experiences? A leading neuroscientist explains.
In the ongoing battle against PTSD, a potential new weapon emerges: a nasal spray loaded with neuropeptide Y.
The fear of deep bodies of water may be evolutionarily ingrained.
The idea that consciousness emerges naturally alongside intelligence could be an anthropocentric distortion.
"Human connection is as threatened by unhealthy peace as it is by unhealthy conflict." —Priya Parker
"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.