The Brain
Your Brain Is Trying to Show You The Future - And It Might Save Your Life
We're living in fast-forward.<p>Our brains are pretty good at filling in the blanks when it comes to our sense of perception - often to the point we …
The terrifying side effect of not getting enough sleep
When you feel particularly exhausted, it can definitely feel like you are also lacking in brain capacity. Now, a new study has suggested this could …
SleepNeuroscience Says These Special Brain Cells Are Why Cutting Calories Alone Won't Help Weight Loss
Activity of specific neurons help control how fast or slowly your body burns calories.<p>Everybody knows that weight-related productivity and health issues are big concerns for modern companies, but losing weight is hard. Like, count-the-needles-on-a-pine-tree hard. And there's a good reason for that. …
NeuroscienceAlzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's diseases share common crucial feature
A Loyola University Chicago study has found that abnormal proteins found in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and Huntington's disease all …
NeuroscienceScientists Are About to Perform an Experiment to See if The Human Mind Is Bound by Physics
This could be interesting...<p>Perhaps one of the most intriguing and interesting phenomena in quantum physics is what Einstein referred to as a "spooky …
Quantum MechanicsI Gave Up Everything When My Partner Suffered a Brain Hemorrhage
On Sept. 27, 2014, my partner Rob suffered a brain hemorrhage. When I woke on that Saturday morning, I heard him stumbling around our hotel room. I …
Women's NewsBrain scans show how fathers are more attentive to daughters than sons
Paternal behaviours may reinforce gender stereotypes of their children.<p>Fathers behave differently with their toddler daughters than with their …
ParentingNeuroscientist Christof Koch How the “Qualia” of Our Experience Illuminate the Central Mystery of Consciousness
“Informationally speaking, the experience of being sad is a crystal, a fantastically complex shape in a space of a trillion dimensions that is qualitatively different from the brain state that gives rise to sadness.”<p><i>“I wish you could know what it means to be me,”</i> Nina Simone sang in her 1967 civil …
NeurophilosophyCan We Quantify Machine Consciousness?
<b>Imagine that at some</b> time in the not-too-distant future, you’ve bought a smartphone that comes bundled with a personal digital assistant (PDA) living …
NeurophilosophyCheer Up, Humans: Your Sense of Smell May Be Sharper Than You Think
We trust them to find drugs in schools, to track down missing people and to sniff out explosives in public places. But it turns out, dogs may not …
Enlightening: Meditation May Trigger Unpleasant Experiences
For some people, meditation may trigger experiences that are unpleasant or even distressing, according to a new study.<p>For example, some people may …
MeditationThe Death Rate from Alzheimer’s Disease Is Climbing
As the U.S. population continues to age, experts say rates of Alzheimer’s disease, a neurodegenerative condition that involves memory loss, will rise …
NeuroscienceWhat Science Says About Achieving Peak Performance
Advances in cognitive neuroscience are enabling insights into the brain like never before. Neuroscientist Friederike Fabritius and Hans Hagemann, …
Emotional IntelligenceMerck in-licenses tau-targeting Alzheimer's candidate from Teijin Pharma
Merck (NYSE:MRK) inks an agreement with Tokyo-based Teijin Pharma securing exclusive global rights to an anti-tau antibody for the potential …
NeuroscienceFrom Macro to Micro: A Visual Guide to the Brain
A Wiring Diagram<p>When neuroscientists trace the connections between brain regions, they focus on networks of electrically active brain cells called …
NeuroscienceSurrey Memorial begins brain stimulation trial for youth suffering from addiction
Neuro-engineer says treatment helps those where other options have failed<p>A clinical trial for a type of brain stimulation therapy is underway at …
Simon Fraser UniversityBar fight, traumatic brain injury inspire a book and an indie film
In 1992, Brian Sweeney was at a bar with friends when a fight broke out. The brawl didn't involve Sweeney or his pals. They decided to leave anyway. That should have been the end of it. But the person causing the commotion was booted out behind them and — armed with brass knuckles — decided to take …
Traumatic Brain InjuryScientists prove that our brains have a little bit of Jedi in them
Have you ever wished you had Jedi powers? You might think you’ll never reach the level of wisdom, power, and grace as those noble warriors from a …
The parish is the perfect scale for moral community
Humans’ tendency towards trust, social solidarity and moral commitment is deeply tested in a globalised world with fewer and fewer boundaries<p>Today is Ascension Day. There is an ancient tradition on this day called the beating of the bounds. Going back at least to Alfred the Great, the clergy and …
Facebook could farm users' thoughts with mind-reading technology to sell adverts
Facebook may be planning to use people’s thoughts for advertising purposes.<p>The social network is developing advanced new technologies that would let …
FacebookLearning to Read May Reshape Adult Brains
“Neuroplasticity” is more than a buzzword—it's the brain’s ability to grow, and change. But it’s easy to associate this adaptiveness with kids, for …
5 Ways We Can Begin Taking Preventative Measures Today To Improve Brain Fitness
When we talk about cures for brain illness, we tend to think in terms of the distant future. Diseases like Alzheimer's pose challenges to society at large, and the search for solutions is often measured in decades—not days. The biggest societal challenge is, of course, disease burden, with mental …
Brain FitnessNew research reveals what happens when adults learn to read
Surprisingly, brain regions associated with ancient functions have a large role in our ability to read<p>Learning to read is hard when you are a kid, …
A subcellular map of the human proteome
Proteins function in the context of their environment, so an understanding of cellular processes requires a knowledge of protein localization. Thul <i>et</i> …
BiologyDefective immune cells may play role in hair loss
After studying their activity in mice, researchers have discovered that a type of immune cell normally associated with inflammation, or regulatory T …
MedicineSmall study shows probiotics can beat back depression
In March of this year, researchers showed that a probiotic found in yogurt was able to reverse symptoms of anxiety and depression in mice. Now, in a …
MicrobiomeThe Attention Paradox: Winning By Slowing Down
"<p>Let's consider the work cycle of Jing - a hypothetical manager based in a typical multinational business. She gets out of bed at 6:30am and, like four in five of us, checks her smartphone within 15 minutes of waking. She makes herself breakfast and spends half-an-hour scanning her phone and …
CognitionUnreliability of fMRI Emotional Biomarkers - Neuroskeptic
By Neuroskeptic | May 24, 2017 9:21 am<p>Brain responses to emotion stimuli are highly variable even within the same individual, and this could be a …
AmygdalaStudy suggests the brain's to blame for yo-yo dieting cycle
Most people who have struggled with obesity will have felt encouraged by an initial loss of weight when starting a diet before hitting a …
Weight LossLearning To Read Transforms All Human Brains
Reading rewires the children’s brains. Researchers have known as much for decades. What has remained unclear is whether that process is intrinsically …