Philosopher outsmarts brain scientist in decades-long consciousness bet
The mystery of consciousness still remains elusive.
Tag: mind
What makes things cute?
It's obviously kittens. Just stick kittens on everything.
Your first memory is probably older than you think
We tend to remember ourselves as older than we were during our earliest memories.
Pill for your thoughts: what are nootropics?
A class of drugs that many pin their hopes on, but is still poorly understood.
Ants handle social isolation about as well as humans do — poorly
Social isolation can lead to a lower tolerance for stress, lower interest in socializing and keeping clean, as well as ...
What is stress and how it affects our mind and body
An ancient mechanism meant to keep us alive can overwhelm us in today's world.
Children as young as 4 use ‘cognitive aids’ to simplify thinking
Our tendency to use calendars or smartphones as 'thinking aids' starts in childhood.
More atmospheric CO2 could reduce cognitive ability, especially in children
Students could see a 50% decline in cognitive capacity by 2100 if CO2 emissions don't drop.
When trying out creative ideas, go for your second choice, a new study finds
"We're probably all killing a lot of our best ideas early in the creative process without knowing it," says the ...
We create ‘fake news’ when facts don’t match our biases
Don't believe everything you think
We learn best when we fail around 15% of the time
We like it easy... but not too easy.
Why do we do the things we do? A new study says it comes down to four factors
A new study reports that there are four broad categories for the motivations that drive human behavior: prominence, inclusiveness, negativity ...
Why some people are left-handed
Left-handed people appear to have better verbal skills, but they also have slightly higher risks of Parkinson's and schizophrenia.
Urban parks make people ‘as happy as Christmas’ — at least on Twitter
People who visit an urban park use happier language and express less negativity on Twitter for up to four hours.
The first symptom of Alzheimer’s is excessive sleepiness
Luckily it's not the only one because I already have it. Double helpings.
Healthy lifestyles can offset the genetic risk of dementia by 32%
Healthy body, healthy mind.
Children prefer simple objects over toys because they’re “not limited” to being a single thing
Sometimes, less is more. But for a few years in our lives, less can be everything.
Researchers are looking into giving AI the power of reading soldiers’ minds — to help them in battle
Cool research, even if its purpose is somewhat troubling.
New research sheds light into how our brains handle metaphors
Whether you break an egg or break into dance, our brain handles the word "break" the same.
Time flies as we age because our brains get bigger and less efficient, a new paper proposes
'Clock time' is not the same as 'mind time'.
In the fight against depression, researchers turn to mind-reading (that works)
How's your pound of gray matter feeling today?
Want to enjoy popcorn more? Try eating it with chopsticks
Also, here's why I'm drinking water out of a jar.
Analysis of over 800 million tweets reveals how our thought patterns shift throughout the day
Who says social media never did any good?
Egotists’ brains just don’t care about the future, affecting their choices in life
"Whether the consequences of our choices for ourselves and others are visible immediately or will only materialize in the future, ...
When mitochondria break down so do our minds, new research shows
When power runs low, neurons start going haywire.
Poor fitness leads to poor brain health, new study finds
Mens sana in corpore sanome
Schizophrenia patients can calm down their brain by playing a computer game
Participants were able to better control their hallucinations after playing a computer game.
Book Review: ‘Before You Know It: The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do
A book for everyone interested in knowing more about the human mind.
Tips for Staying Healthy as You Age
Simple things can make a big difference.
Duo of neural networks get within a pixel of reading our mind and re-creating what’s there
Extremely cool, extremely worrying.
Researchers identify anti-hallucination system in our brains
Too bad we don't have one for use against pseudoscience.
Scientists decode complex sentences with ‘mind reading’ tech
The mind is not the closed book we think it is.
Our brains get hit by epiphany before they let us in on it too, researchers find
The eyes give it away.
New thought framework could help psychologists understand mental illness
All that day-dreaming might be working in your favor.
How the brain makes drinking water feel like a pain once you’re hydrated
Drinks for the thirsty, gag reflex for the over-hydrated.
Scientists may have witnessed how memories form in real time — a first
A new study offers insight into how neurons work together to make us remember stuff.
Young children may benefit from playing video games
Researchers found a positive association between the amount of time spent playing video games and children's mental health as well ...
Having access to the Internet changes the way you think
The Internet is a wonderful and wonderfully powerful place. Just think about it, you have access to almost all of ...
Scientists connect brain to a basic tablet – paralyzed patient googles with ease
We're living in the future.
Autism is prevented in mice and rats by diuretic drug administration, study shows
An imbalance in chloride ions during a fetus’s development is one of the factors for autism, study shows. Some children ...
