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A new study suggests a moderate workout improves neuroplasticity.
Sleep is very important for the brain. Here's what happens during the most active phase of sleep.
Blinking is strange, at least in one regard.
So maybe don't talk politics over Sunday dinner.
And it can run Donkey Kong. Can your brain do that? Didn't think so.
It's pretty scary that they can do it to be honest.
It's doing its best though.
One step closer to understanding memory.
Our brains are really good at sifting through information.
Just plug the console right into my head then, pleasethankyou!
Knockouts are a thing because the brain is trying to product itself.
Two articles on fake news in one day?! Yes, we do spoil you.
At least we have notebooks to write them down. Sea slugs? Not so much.
In the hippocampus -- which is weird, because we didn't think it had anything to do with talking.
Their videos should used to identify my brain's "awww" center.
Same organ, different needs.
Stressed, excited, or scared -- our brain kicks perception up a notch when we're aroused.
One sugar pill can take away your pain -- if you've got the brain for it.
We didn't even think it was possible to find one up to now.
Just a little electricity can change how you make any choice.
Drinks for the thirsty, gag reflex for the over-hydrated.
And the Allen Brain Atlas is free to use. Hurray!
A new study offers insight into how neurons work together to make us remember stuff.
This freaky phenomenon might prove invaluable in using life-like prosthetics.
A connection between reward and sleep has been found by neuroscientists. New drugs that target this circuit could help insomniacs ease into sleep.
Clean brain, clean memories.
The brain needs a lot of blood to be smart.
Zika got a whole lot scarier.
Just like anything else, it needs constant exercise to stay in shape.
Scientists zoom in on your generosity, and it could help us understand psychopaths.
There's a physics expert inside all of us, though deeper in some than in others.
Frigatebirds spend weeks at a time flying over oceans in search for food -- here's how they sleep during this time.
Science is getting closer to a computer that mimics the human brain.
Who you callin' bird brain?
A particular pattern in the human brain is connected to higher levels of intelligence.
This could allow us to restore vision, mobility or fight diseases like Alzheimer's.
Some 40,000 studies need to be re-examined. Ouch.
The findings might explain the power of the placebo effect.
This billion-dollar industry is based on highly glamorized studies which can only be classed as poor science.
University of Rochester researchers developed a new evolutionary model that suggests human intelligence developed to meet the demands of our infants, in a self-reinforcing cycle: bigger brains led to shorter pregnancies, requiring parents to have even bigger brains.
A new study from the University of Toulouse found that intelligence and learning aren't limited to organisms with brains. By studying the mold P. polycephalum they found it can, over time, learn to navigate even irritating environments.
A new study offers insight into why you might have a hard time sleeping on the first night in a new place: half of your brain stays awake to watch out for potential dangers.
Electrically stimulating the frontopolar cortex can enhance creativity, a new study from Georgetown University found.
Curiosity is probably the single most powerful force behind our species' scientific discoveries. It can drive us to explore and discover even if the outcome might be painful or harmful. But this need to discover and learn can also become a curse; a new study found that people are willing to face unpleasant outcomes with no apparent benefits just to sate their curiosity.
Heavy marijuana users react to anxiety-inducing stimuli similarly to people diagnosed with anxiety disorders, a new study found. The results could help improve the accuracy of anxiety disorder diagnostics in the future.
Scientists trained healthy volunteers with good eyesight to read Braille and found the visual cortex was connected to the tactile cortex. Somehow, they supercharged their brains proving its extraordinary plasticity.
A series of experiments surprisingly found that sudden insight may yield more correct solutions than gradual, methodical thinking.
Researchers found a positive association between the amount of time spent playing video games and children's mental health as well as their mental and social aptitudes.
The size of the brain isn't essential to superior cognitive abilities -- its shape and packing mechanism matter a lot, too. But while bran folding function is well established, 'the how' has been more elusive to determine. Now, researchers in the US and Europe claim they know what wrinkles the brain: basic physics.
University of Florida researchers have discovered how our bodies control dopamine transport in and out of brain cells.
