Brain organoids are tiny models that neuroscientists use to learn more about how the brain grows and works. But new research finds important differences between the model and the real thing.
Looking out the window instead might stop you feeling sick, but that doesn’t work for everyone.
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When you read in the back seat of the car, your eyes tell your brain you’re still. But your ears can sense you’re moving. Your eyes and ears are having an argument that your brain is trying to settle.
From dementia to depression to drug addiction, artificial brain stimulation has been hailed as a landmark medical technology for the future. But safeguards are needed if we want the benefits without the risks.
With the ubiquity and availability of devices connected to the internet, access to pornography is easier than it has ever been.
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Cognitive neuroscience finds that regular consumption of pornography affects the centres of the brain responsible for will power, impulse control and morality.
It’s these brain cells that really make humans unique.
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We have more neurons in our cortices than any other species, courtesy of an early technology – and along with them came our long, slow lives, with plenty of chances to gather around the dinner table.
Those smiles probably aren’t thanks to tryptophan.
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Tryptophan, found in food, is an important ingredient in the neurotransmitter serotonin. But is that enough to support it as a possible mood booster? The research is decidedly mixed.
The average Canadian adult consumes more than triple the daily limit of 25g added sugar recommended by the World Health Organization.
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A scientist explains how the brain works, for younger readers.
Forming and recalling memories is a complex system of synchronisation and desynchronisation in different parts the brain.
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