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Neuroscientist John Kounios tells The Conversation Weekly podcast about what his new research with jazz musicians revealed about the brain mechanisms of creative flow.
We now have the technology and knowledge to carry out real-time dream experiments with sleeping participants.
The lack of an inner monologue seems linked to a lower ability to recall words and predict their sound.
Is the future of mental health treatment ultrasound waves?
Sometimes when the brains of parent and child are too synced it can be a sign of relationship difficulties.
Philosophers have been debating whether we need conditioning to link information from different senses for centuries.
The brain was once thought to be sterile, thanks to the blood-brain barrier. But scientists are beginning to question this.
A new study shows that it is possible to reduce the symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by reducing the inflammation caused by immune cells in the brain.
One of the first longitudinal studies of male brain changes across the transition to first-time parenthood finds that becoming a dad affects the brain – without the direct experience of pregnancy.
Eating right, exercising, playing sports, reading and journaling are just a few of the ways you can keep your brain in top shape.
Studying the human brain is difficult because of its vast and intricate network of neural connections. The fruit fly offers a simpler but similar model that researchers can more easily map.
Neuroscientists analyzed the brain waves of 32 jazz guitarists as they improvised to chords and rhythms. Their findings suggest 2 key principles support innovative thinking.
People with aphantasia can’t imagine seeing things in their mind. People with ‘deep aphantasia’ may have no inner voice, either, and different real-world visual experiences.
Truly ignorant individuals lack introspection and stubbornly cling to their irrational opinions.
Neuropolitics is the science of using your brain activity to predict your political preferences. You might not like it but it’s already in use.
Middle age could be a period when we can detect early risk factors of future cognitive decline.
No one can escape stress, but sometimes it takes a physical and emotional toll that translates to disease and other health effects. The good news is that there are new approaches to treating it.
Not much is known about the predator fly Laphria saffrana. New research identified how they count the wingbeats of their favored prey, letting it slip out of focus before adjusting their heads.
We envisage a future in which sleep is a routine target for reducing or preventing symptoms of mental illness, both in psychiatric settings and people’s homes
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