neuroscience

A neuroscientist argues that da Vinci shared a disorder with Picasso and Rembrandt.

Your motivation matters, though.

Experiments show brain-to-brain collaboration.

Researchers at the Rotman School of Management discovered that past victories rarely translate into new environments.

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute have pinpointed a neurological trend in those genetically predisposed with depression.

A man paralyzed from the waist down was able to voluntarily control and move his legs with the help of an electrical implant in his spine.

Blame our ancestors for why it’s easier to be a couch potato.

Fight or flight? We’ve all been there. Now we have an understanding of how it works.

It’s all about smooth pursuit.

How does Alzheimer’s disease work?

The brain of a gambling addict mimics that of a drug addict. But no outside chemicals are involved. How does that happen?

A newly discovered phenomenon shows that humans communicate outside of mere auditory and visual modes.

Want to work out more? Eat more healthily? Quit smoking? These neurons control the fate of your habits.

Anxiety disorders are common. Yet, many find current treatments methods only partially effective.

How does music influence behavior?

Does what kind of music you play alter the benefits you get by playing it?

Neuroscientists are now starting to put TMR to work.

The human brain is an incredible marvel of evolution. But what’s even more incredible is how this supercomputer in your head is able to occasionally make such dumb mistakes.

Could these findings be used to boost creativity?

Around 100 million adults in the United States are affected by chronic pain. What can we do about it?

Consider stress junk food for your brain, while meditation is the gym that can repair and reshape you after years of a bad brain diet.

The scientific quest for immortality is predicated on the belief that evidence may already exist in the form of Near-Death Experiences and reincarnation.

Keeping a gratitude journal is good for you on a number of fronts.

Now, you can add chanting to your brain training regimen.

Some say that great ideas come out of thin air. Neuroscientist David Eagleman posits that perhaps all great ideas are simply built upon old ideas, because thats what fuels the creative brain.

A brain process called “memory reactivation” can do wonders for your language learning abilities.    

The Germans have a lovely saying for the benefits of keeping an idle mind: ‘die Seele baumeln lassen’, meaning ‘let the soul dangle’.    

Cute things are usually vulnerable, fragile, and weak. But cuteness itself is mighty indeed.  

Stanford researchers identify five different types of anxiety, each correlating with the activation of different brain networks.

‘IQ tests just measure how good you are at doing IQ tests.’ This is the argument that is almost always made when intelligence-testing is mentioned. It’s often promoted by people […]