Do you ever wake up with a raging hangover and picture the row of brain cells that you suspect have have started to decay? Or wonder whether that final glass of wine was too much for those tiny cells…
Neuroscience is used to explain everything from sexual attraction to voting habits to why we buy particular products.
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In May last year, a new attraction called The Ascent opened for a brief season in Brooklyn, New York. Described as “part art installation, part adventure ride and part spiritual journey,” The Ascent consisted…
Rugby player Nate Myles (far right) shouldn’t have returned to the field after suffering a concussion.
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“He got a free trip to Disneyland.” That’s how Wally Lewis described the knockout of Nate Myles, from the Gold Coast Titans, during a tackle two weeks ago. Rugby league is a tough game with tough players;…
Long term cannabis use has been known to harm the brain but new research shows some of this damage was there to begin with.
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Cannabis remains the most commonly consumed illicit drug in the world, with more than a third of Australians reporting that they have used it at some point in their lives.
This is despite growing evidence…
Dopamine, which is released during gaming, can influence the wiring of the adolescent brain.
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Teens who frequently play video games have larger reward centres in their brains than those who play less often, according to a study published today in the journal Translational Psychiatry.
The researchers…
Creativity requires communication between both hemispheres of your brain.
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Are you suffering a creativity problem? Well, pop psychology claims your “right brain” holds the key.
Whether you want to drop a few kilos, improve your profits, spice up your sex life, or take over the…
Why does seeing an injury cause some people to experience pain?
You expect to feel pain when you fall off a bicycle but should you feel pain when you see someone else do the same? Some people do because pain is more than the actual injury; it’s a perception.
For some…
Historically, lefties have had a rough trot.
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Left handers have copped their share of bad publicity in the past.
The term used to describe left handers in English is “sinistral”, which is derived from the word “sinister”.
And it’s no better in other…
Even when we rest, all the sections of our brain show some level of activity.
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The thought that most of us only use 10% of our brain is appealing because it means we have a whole lot of untapped potential waiting to be harnessed. Unfortunately, that figure is off by about 90%.
This…
