Tag: neuroscience
How can you tell if another person, animal or thing is...
Tam Hunt, University of California, Santa Barbara
How can you know that any animal, other human beings, or anything that seems conscious, isn’t just faking...
‘I got there first!’ How your subjective experience of time makes...
Ty Tang, Arizona State University
Imagine a championship match between two rival basketball teams. The game is tied, seconds left on the shot clock, two...
Adolescents have a fundamental need to contribute
Andrew J. Fuligni, University of California, Los Angeles
No longer children but not yet adults, adolescents need opportunities to learn and prepare for their entrance...
Memories of eating influence your next meal – new research pinpoints...
Marise Parent, Georgia State University
Of course you know that eating is vital to your survival, but have you ever thought about how your brain...
What’s behind our appetite for self-destruction?
Mark Canada, Indiana University and Christina Downey, Indiana University
Each new year, people vow to put an end to self-destructive habits like smoking, overeating or...
A neuroscientist’s tips for a new year tuneup for your brain
Kelly Lambert, University of Richmond
Unlike the effervescent bubbles that stream to the top of champagne flutes on New Year’s Eve, what I call brain...
Neuroscientists identify a surprising low-tech fix to the problem of sleep-deprived...
Adriana Galván, University of California, Los Angeles
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Healthy sleep leads to healthy brains. Neuroscientists have gotten that message out. But parents, doctors and...
Could consciousness all come down to the way things vibrate?
Tam Hunt, University of California, Santa Barbara
Why is my awareness here, while yours is over there? Why is the universe split in two for...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
