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Researchers are finding signs of multiple phases of sleep all over the animal kingdom. The ‘active’ sleep phases look very much like REM.
Ketamine’s remarkable effect bolsters a new theory of mental illness.
It could perform a speech recognition task with 78% accuracy.
They have held our fascination ever since we first identified their remains.
The heart's rhythms may play a larger role in shaping psychedelic experiences than previously thought.
Millions of people have had a near-death experience, and it often leads them to believe in an afterlife. Does this count as good proof?
A volley of new insights reignites the debate over whether our choices are ever truly our own.
Between the hedonic and eudaimonic life, there's a happy medium to be found.
The bots started as windpipe cells, yet they helped nerve cells repair and grow.
The aging brain is networked differently.
It has already been trialed in people and could give us a better way to analyze and stimulate the brain.
Even before birth, our brains are taking note of the languages we hear.
Embedded in a cell phone or in accessories such as rings, bracelets or watches, the novel tools aim to make it easier to manage hypertension. But they must still pass several tests before hitting the clinic.
The study is a solid step toward developing gene therapies against neurodevelopmental disorders.
Lab experiments showed Caribbean box jellyfish are quick studies of their environment.
Your life’s memories could, in principle, be stored in the universe’s structure.
Some neuroscientists question whether the body can “keep score” of anything in a meaningful way.
The pseudoscience phrenology swept the popular imagination, and its practitioners made a mint preying on prejudices, gullibility, and misinformation.
Instead of fear, his delusions bring him cheer. His psychiatrist embraces them.
The modern attention economy hijacks our ability to focus, but an ancient technique offers a means to get it back.
After turning up hundreds of genes with hard-to-predict effects, some scientists are now probing the grander developmental processes that shape face geometry.
Your brain is not an obsolete piece of technology. Once properly trained for learning, it’s your ticket to navigating the AI landscape.
While executive function matures between 18 and 20 years of age, the brain keeps changing long afterward.
Various environmental phenomena can play tricks on our brain.
Lucid dreamers may have “privileged access to their inner world,” with “heightened awareness... to the outside world.”
Katie Kermode — a memory athlete with four world records — tells Big Think about her unique spin on an ancient technique to memorize unfathomably long lists of information.
What a long strange trip it's been.
Survey data suggests that our bodily perceptions of love extend far beyond the heart.
A healthy lifestyle even protects those who are genetically predisposed to depression.