You might be daydreaming, but your brain is hard at work.
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Your brain balances messages coming from lots of different places to help you see, imagine, remember and dream.
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When we look at art we may not all see the same thing. It all depends on what happens in our brains.
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People have always been intrigued by illusions, but only in the last century have they been able to teach us about the workings of the brain.
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We rely on depth to perceive objects, but not all of us see depth in the same way.
There’s a significant variation in pain sensitivity and tolerance.
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How is pain measured? A person’s pain is what they say it is.
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Banning a handful of breeds has not helped to improve public safety.
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Cases of measles are on the rise as a cohort of unvaccinated children grows up.
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We all think men are at it way more than they are. But estimates of how much nooky young women are getting are basically ludicrous.
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day …
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You might think you’ve made your day more efficient – but it can actually affect what you accomplish during your unstructured time.
You heard it say what?
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Where you come down on the latest internet hullabaloo depends on how your brain fills in gaps in the sounds you hear.
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Designers take note: your products may be less useful for people as they get older.
Harsh truth: you probably look more attractive in a group than on your own.
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The cheerleader effect describes the phenomenon that you appear more attractive in a group than solo - and it works for men as well as women.
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Activity in the left hand side of the brain, specifically in areas of emotion, could explain why most people lean to the right before lips smack.
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Spontaneous mirror writing by both left- and right-handed children has long remained a mystery. Recent studies of brain processing and writing have led to an unexpected explanation.
The phenomenon of not being able to picture something in your ‘mind’s eye’ is known as aphantasia.
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There are many people who are astonished to discover that their complete lack of ability to picture visual imagery is different from the norm.
When looking out of a train window, things close by seem to move past faster than things that are far away.
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Ada, 7, wants to know why things close to the train windows zoom by really fast, while things further away seem to go by much slower.
A new book explores consciousness, awareness and memory when under the knife.
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Author Kate Cole-Adams delves into fascinating questions about consciousness and self.
I can’t see you, you can’t see me.
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Little kids cover their own eyes and feel hidden, even if they’re still fully visible. New research suggests this doesn’t mean children can’t understand others’ perspectives, as had been assumed.
It’s easy to tell the direction of the human gaze.
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Is someone looking at you or are you just imagining things? A neuroscientist explains.
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As the years advance, time flies faster. Here’s why.