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New evidence shows going back to a problem after sleeping gives your brain a chance to process the information it needs to solve it.
While few will dispute that a minute comprises 60 seconds, the perception of time can vary dramatically from person to person and from one situation to the next. Time can race, or it can drag.
Music is good for the brain – and we’re now discovering how it helps our cognition.
Leaders need to show followers they’re with them, but that’s no guarantee they will get everyone’s support.
Google’s image recognition project has not only generated some disturbing images but also tells us something about how we humans identify objects we see.
Just because using ‘science’ to arrange marriages will entertain a TV audience, doesn’t make it ethical.
Solitary is used as a punishment but it doesn’t make for better prisoners.
‘Place cells’ in the hippocampus are thought to guide us through our space but they may play a part in helping us to imagine future scenarios.
Sensory information comes into the system, and we initiate actions in response. Quantifying how quickly that happens is tricky – especially since our own perceptions of the timing aren’t quite right.
There is hope that new drugs can be created to treat anxiety disorders after seven new genes were linked to these diseases.
The brain is truly a marvel. A seemingly endless library, whose shelves house our most precious memories as well as our lifetime’s knowledge. But is there a point where it reaches capacity?
We strengthen memories while we sleep, and researchers have found a way to cue that process to help people better retain information that counters implicit biases.
Our minds have always adapted to their environment but advertisers are exploiting opportunities for distraction like never before.
A tetraplegic patient has been able to play rock, paper and scissors thanks to a prosthetic device implanted in the region of his brain thought to control intentions.
What happens to your brain when you drink?
Research into how feelings and opinions can be shaped using technology or drugs could impact the whole of society not just the individuals concerned.
People develop a long-term problem after an episode of back pain if they expect to not recover. Steps by the medical sector to avoid catatrophising back pain by not suggesting scans will help.
I recently wrote about the terrible sleep habits of the characters in House of Cards. I disapproved of Frank Underwood’s late-night computer work in the Oval Office, his new midnight iPad gaming habit…
Researchers have created an experiment that gives participants the illusion of being invisible.
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