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Neuroscience
Even with the best technology imaginable, you'd probably never be able to exist as a consciously aware brain in a vat.
A recent study suggests that exposure to visual stimuli can diminish the effects of psychedelic drugs.
What would it take to create a truly intelligent microbot, one that can operate independently?
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Mating, monogamy, and maximizing your sexual potential explained by 3 sex experts.
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Psychologist Daniel Goleman on how to train your brain with just ten minutes a day.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has been a controversial diagnosis since it was first described, back in the 1940s.
An excerpt from “Memory,” a primer on human memory, its workings, feats, and flaws, by two leading psychological researchers.
If you guessed “staying up all night to play video games,” you’d be right.
Perrikaryal uses an EEG to translate her brain activity into beating bosses in "Elden Ring" and beyond.
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What do aliens, apes, and orchestras all have in common? Professor Michael Spitzer explains how they each help us understand the origins of music.
A growing body of research suggests that optimism plays a significant role in promoting both physical and mental well-being.
The truth may be out there — but it’s not in these close encounters of the third kind.
The Reitoff principle gives us permission to "write off" a day and intentionally step away from achieving anything.
CRISPR study helps answer a question that has long puzzled scientists.
Memories aren’t mental recordings, but pliable information we can use to better manage the present and conjure future possibilities.
When we view hard work as a sign of low aptitude, it harms our ability to learn and grow.
Being bilingual benefits children as they learn to speak — and adults as they age.
Genes are sometimes called the “blueprint of life,” but that doesn't make them the behavioral playbook.
Here's the thorny reality behind psychedelics' ability to unearth buried memories.
After listening to the same playlist, people from the United Kingdom, the United States, and China reported feeling nearly identical bodily sensations.
Its creators hope the technology will help people meaningfully connect with the external world.
To make a ton of information stick in your mind, you have to make it chunky.
Long overlooked, menstrual stem cells could have important medical applications, including diagnosing endometriosis
Research suggests you can influence your sense of time by changing the “embodiedness” of your daily habits.
It may seem as though top performers are always on, but the secret to their success is taking the time to recharge.
An MIT study finds the brains of children who grow up in less affluent households are less responsive to rewarding experiences.
In "Dear Oliver," neuroscientist Susan Barry describes how her 10-year correspondence with Oliver Sacks unleashed her inner author.
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What is perception, really? Philosopher Alva Noë on why perception is a puzzling phenomenon:
The brain-computer interface will be tested in a six-year trial in patients with quadriplegia.