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A healthy endocannabinoid system is critical to the human body’s immune functions.
Studies show talk therapy works, but experts disagree about how it does so. Finding the answer could help professionals and patients.
While ticker tape synesthesia was first identified in the 1880s, new research looks at this unique phenomenon — and what it means for language comprehension.
It may be an advantage in some contexts.
Using shaped ultrasound, researchers can 3D print objects in one shot.
Baby mice can regenerate damaged hair cells — and now that we know how they do it, maybe we can, too.
8mins
Your brain on sex, love, and rejection with biological anthropologist Helen Fisher.
If a court needs to know if two trademarks look too similar to each other, perhaps the jury should be given a brain scan.
Human thinking is antiquated.
Risk-taking isn't inherently bad: It tends to build self-confidence when things work out, and resilience when they don’t.
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When migraine and tension-headache patients overuse their medications, they can actually trigger more headaches.
Your brain may notice fearful faces, even if you don't consciously realize it.
Instead of walking a mile in someone’s shoes, try reading a chapter in their book.
"Language is the most distinctively human talent."
Get the most out of your coffee.
In a citizen science project, thousands of pet dogs are helping scientists to understand what happens to memory and cognition in old age.
5mins
Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky on the science of temptation, and the limitations of your brain’s frontal cortex.
Forgetfulness isn't always a "glitch" in our memories; it can be a tool to help us make sense of the present and plan for the future.
In a study involving mice, scientists used two different techniques — one optogenetic and one pharmacologic — to recover "lost" memories.
Humans are good visual thinkers, too, but we tend to privilege verbal thinking.
New blood types are regularly discovered by an unusual absence or an unusual presence — both of which can result in tragedy.
7mins
Humans are musical animals four million years in the making, explained by music expert Michael Spitzer.
Your breathing rhythm influences a wide range of behaviors, cognition, and emotion.
Compared to people who took a placebo, the brains of those who took caffeine pills had a temporarily smaller gray matter volume.
These 5 research-backed tips can turn bad habits into financial gain.
Million Stories
Has the "age of psychopharmacology” shrunk society’s sense of responsibility for mental health?
Cryo-electron tomography, or cryo-ET, is the future of cell research.
Creative people are better able to engage brain systems that don’t typically work together.