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People think that unhappiness causes our minds to wander, but what if the causation goes the other way?
The key to curbing sugar intake may lie in the gut rather than our tastebuds.
A key question is how to keep that relief going without relying solely on repeated ketamine infusions.
Brands like BMW, Walmart, and IBM are seeing big wins from the use of gamification in corporate training. Here's how.
If you're trying to hide how you feel about something, be careful with your hands.
Sigmund Freud developed the decidedly unscientific principles of psychoanalysis in a time when most psychologists were trying to join the ranks of chemists and medical doctors.
The researchers and patients are excited to see if color vision will develop over time.
The recipe for a perfect date night: a rom-com, a bowl of popcorn, and a syringe of testosterone — at least for gerbils, anyway.
Fluphenazine, once used to treat schizophrenia, is capable of blocking a compound connected to chronic pain.
The separation of conjoined twins is fraught with stomach-churning biomedical and ethical challenges.
These salamanders are helping unlock the mysteries of brain evolution and regeneration.
Creativity and achievement require balancing hard work with the restful power of calm.
One tiny change might have made a huge difference.
At a fundamental level, only a few particles and forces govern all of reality. How do their combinations create human consciousness?
Despite the fact that both species shared a similarly large neocortex, scientists still have many questions about how closely the function of their brains resembled our own.
We also don't know how Tylenol works. But it does work.
For many people, a challenge to their worldview feels like an attack on their personal identity.
When we feel sick, it's not just the pathogen to blame. Our brain cranks up the temperature, and the neurons responsible finally have been found.
What creates our private, inner universes is still a mystery.
The brain is highly plastic — the more we do a particular action, the more we change its makeup. Money is a great motivator for habit-forming actions.
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But don't buy your own brain zapping machine, yet.
What are they and, more importantly, how do you get rid of them?
If you want a medication to kick in faster, lean right.
Alzheimer’s disease is frightening, but the right combination of lifestyle choices can reduce your risk.
A clever neuroscience experiment shows that the "other-race effect" is likely due to a lack of experience and perceptual expertise rather than racism.
Here's what it means for the field.
The phenomenon of “digital dementia” might not be real after all.
Research shows how temperature can be used to manipulate circadian rhythms.
While one may be helpful, the other may be harmful.
Reframing life in terms of death reveals some of the biggest philosophical problems with how we think about living systems.