Neuroscience
Should Kids Be Allowed to Play Soccer?
One heading session may result in temporary memory impairment
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Neuroscience
Liar, Liar: How the Brain Adapts to Telling Tall Tales
Neural responses decline after repeated acts of dishonesty, research suggests
Neuroscience
Scientists “Switch Off” Self-Control Using Brain Stimulation
A clever experiment pinpoints the brain region involved in taking the perspective of our future selves or that of others
Cognition
Poor Sleepers Worse at Recognizing Unfamiliar Faces
Subjects suffering insomnia got more wrong answers in a face-matching task—but they were paradoxically more confident of their responses. Christopher Intagliata reports...
Biology
Yawns Help the Brain Keep Its Cool
Theory has it yawning helps cool the brain—and it turns out animals with bigger brains do indeed tend to yawn longer. Christopher Intagliata reports...
Neuroscience
Weight-Loss Surgery Alters the Brain
Changes in neural activity may help explain why gastric bypass is so effective
Neuroscience
The Stars in Your Eyes
Galileo saw celestial spheres spinning in space, but was dismayed by effects we now know arose in his brain: The same Jovian moon could appear small or big depending on whether it was dark or bright against its background...
Neuroscience
Tales of a Stone Age Neuroscientist
By honing ax-making skills while scanning their own brains, researchers are studying how cognition evolved
Neuroscience
Brain Stimulation Allows Paralyzed Man to Feel His Hand Again
The study participant reported feeling sensations that were “possibly natural”
Behavior
Debate 2016: What Goes on in Your Brain When People Invade Your Personal Space?
We lack control over our reactions when somebody gets too close
Neuroscience
Caregiving, Stress and Beauty Shots of the Brain
A look inside the new issue of Scientific American Mind
Medicine
Why the Go-To Stroke Drug Can Fail
The go-to stroke drug often fails. Now doctors can slide out brain clots with wires and have new tools for other blockages
Engineering
Robot Exoskeletons March in to Link Mind and Body
Originally designed to give soldiers superhuman strength, exoskeletons are enabling heroic efforts to help patients re-learn to walk
Engineering
World's First "Cybathlon" Pits High-Tech Prosthetics against One Another
From robotic arms to brain – computer interfaces, the unique event featured some of today’s most cutting-edge assistive devices...
A New Tack to Stave Off Alzheimer's Years before the First Symptom
Researchers try to prevent onset of the disease by correcting a brain cell process that goes awry
Mind & Brain
Why Are Some People Transgender?
This week, by request from listener Cindy in Iowa, we’ll take a look at the still-evolving science of what causes an individual to be transgender. Plus, the surprising reason why gender dysphoria is a mental disorder...
Neuroscience
The Bigger Your Brain, the Longer Your Yawn
This bizarre correlation has at least some biological plausibility
Neurology
How Lewy Body Dementia Gripped Robin Williams
Hit by a vicious case, the actor said he wanted to “reboot” his brain
Neuroscience
Massive U.K. Brain-Mapping Project Releases First Results
The UK Biobank Imaging Study aims to track brain health in 100,000 individuals as part of a long-running effort to understand how diseases develop
Mind & Brain
I’ll Bee There for You: Do Insects Feel Emotions?
These winged pollinators appear to have emotions, but it’s an open question whether they subjectively experience feelings
