neuroscience
Neuroscience is working to conquer some of the human body’s cruelest conditions: Paralysis, brain disease, and schizophrenia.
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Being bilingual has cultural, social, and cognitive benefits — so why are schools dropping language courses?
5-HTP could help both constipation and depression, but dosage matters.
Study finds that neurotic people deal with more “mental noise” than others.
Phrases like “Global warming” and “climate change” don’t carry any weight.
A new study finds such kids excel in all cognitive areas.
The neuralnanorobotics are coming.
A balanced discussion of the realities, the mythologies, and the concerns surrounding cutting-edge brain research.
They seem to have a mechanism for caring similar to ours.
Do you have a magnetic compass in your head?
A new method of growing mini-brains produces some startling results.
Americans lost $116.9 billion gambling in 2016.
Using a new process, a mini-brain develops retinal cells.
Being on shaky financial footing is making Americans dumber.
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If you have a strong imagination, this won’t help you with academic study.
A new book on the music distribution service claims it is.
Soon, parents may be able to prescribe music to their kids to help them focus.
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A study on the effects of LSD microdosing shows some fittingly strange results.
A new study takes a fresh look at the mechanics of forming habits.
The Canadian professor has an extensive collection posted on his site.
Research by neuroscientists at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory helps explain how the brain regulates arousal.
Our attention is more than just a resource. It is an experience.
Upload your mind? Here’s a reality check on the Singularity.
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Some experts say there’s no such thing. I choose to believe there likely is.
