7 new things we’ve learned about the brain
Brain plasticity. Mindful superpowers. Pokémon invading our grey matter. Scientists have only begun to learn about the human brain.
- In 1848, Phineaus Gage kicked off our modern neuroscience after blasting a tamping iron through his skull.
- We explore 7 things scientists have since learned about this important, complex organ.
- Many mysteries remain such as where consciousness originates and how we evolved such a multipurpose mind.
Decades long surveys suggest the deleterious effects of smoking may extend to detrimental personality changes
Smoking may put more than just your physical health at risk.
There is increasing recognition that while our personality traits are stable enough to shape our lives profoundly, they are also partly malleable, so that our choices and experiences can feedback and influence the kind of people we become.
“Shooting the messenger” is a real condition, explain scientists
Harvard psychologists discover why we dislike the people who deliver bad news.
- A new study looked at why people tend to "shoot the messenger".
- It's a fact that people don't like those who deliver them bad news.
- The effect stems from our inherent need to make sense of bad or unpredictable situations.
New research shows that sleep helps determine your personality
The quality and duration of your nightly ritual helps define who you are.
- People who suffer from emotional instability tend to exhibit poor sleep duration, continuity, and subjective sleep quality.
- Conscientious people report less variability in sleep duration and continuity.
- The study suggests that how you sleep this week predicts your personality five years from now.
If anyone can see the morally unthinkable online, what then?
If virtue is insufficient temptation, then the internet makes sure we are never lacking.
Imagine you work at a Latex glove factory. One night, you type 'Latex' into Google: you’re searching for competitors' products, but you find other things too.
