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What causes Déjà vu -- the unsettling feeling of familiarity in novel situations

There's a glitch in the Matrix...

What's the difference between Alzheimer's and Dementia?

Dementia is a syndrome while Alzheimer's is a disease. More key differences between the two after the jump.

These are the three kinds of smile, according to scientists

We've been looking at smiles all wrong.

Inside the minds of real-life zombies -- people who think they have a dead brain inside a living body

Cotard's syndrome makes people believe they're dead and that they do not require any food, water, or even hygiene to function.

Time space synesthesia: Into the minds of those who can literally see time

Synesthesia can put some very unusual things into the 'mind's eye'.

What happens in the brain when you get 'knocked out'

Knockouts are a thing because the brain is trying to product itself.

Ancient autism: 100,000 years ago, people with autism were championed and may even have shaped human evolution

Their unique skills provided a huge advantage to the groups who embraced them.

Is napping good or bad? Here's what the science says so far

The benefits and downside of napping explained.

How blind people dream -- the experience is just as rich, science says

Most blind people can't see in their dreams, but their experience is just as rich as everyone else's.

Why some people are claustrophobic

A fraction of the world's population will always take the stairs.

Why depression makes you tired

Depression can be exhausting. Here's why.

Do people learn anything from Psychology?

Psychology is maybe most valuable when it exposes our inherent biases and what's commonly known as irrational thinking. But you'd expect people to learn and correct their behavior after learning the findings of surprising psychology experiments. For most people, this isn't the case.

The Problem with Using Psychology to Explain Collecting

Collectors are more than just horders.

Your Taste in Music Might Reveal How Dumb (or Smart) You Are

Virgil Griffith, a student at Caltech, embarked on a most interesting project to seek whether there’s any connection between the music you enjoy and, uhm, your intellectual abilities.  Griffith used aggregated Facebook data about the favorite bands among students of various colleges and plotted them against the average SAT scores at those schools. This allowed him […]
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