Health
Diabetes Prevention in Midlife Helps Protect Aging Brain
People with type 2 diabetes in middle age had greater cognitive impairment in the following decades than did their nondiabetic counterparts. Dina Fine Maron reports
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Health
Turning Lab Animals Transparent
A Body Worlds–inspired method promises to speed up biomedical research
Technology
Intel Upgrades Stephen Hawking's Portal to the World
Movie audiences who went to theaters this fall to see The Theory of Everything got a glimpse of the challenges physicist Stephen Hawking has overcome to deliver his groundbreaking insights into the nature of black holes, space and time...
Mind & Brain
Brain Training Doesn’t Make You Smarter
Scientists doubt claims from brain training companies
Mind & Brain
Sex and Suicide: Why Do More Men than Women Kill Themselves?
How far is it from being to nothingness? I hope it's a journey you never decide to take, but wherever death by firearm is the most common method of suicide, it's about half an inch.
Mind & Brain
One Last Goodbye: The Strange Case of Terminal Lucidity
I'm as sworn to radical rationalism as the next neo-Darwinian materialist. That said, over the years I've had to "quarantine," for lack of a better word, a few anomalous personal experiences that have stubbornly defied my own logical understanding of them...
Mind & Brain
Hearing: It's Not Just For Your Ears Anymore
Everyone learns about the senses from when we are very young. We smell with our noses, taste with our tongues, see with our eyes, touch with our skin, and listen with our ears ...
Mind & Brain
Mouse Experiment Suggests We Might Sleep Off Toxic Memories
One area of brain science that has drawn intense interest in recent years is the study of what psychologists call reconsolidation—a ponderous technical term that, once translated, means giving yourself a second chance...
Mind & Brain
Concussion Culture: How to Protect Young Athletes
In May of 2012, former NFL linebacker Junior Seau took his own life by shooting himself in the chest. Seau was dealing with depression, mood swings and insomnia.
Behavior
How the Color Red Influences Our Behavior
The facts and fictions of crimson perception
Evolution
Why Have Our Brains Started to Shrink?
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Technology
Cats Teach Robots to Land on Feet
Training rescue robots to land safely from falls like cats could give them nine lives in the field. Larry Greenemeier reports
Mind & Brain
How Doctors Determine the Moment of Death [Excerpt]
The definition of death is hazy but important for medical decisions, explains Harvard neurologist Allan Ropper in the new book Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole
Mind & Brain
Introducing The Psychology Podcast with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman
It’s my great pleasure to introduce The Psychology Podcast with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, where we give you insights into the mind, brain, behavior and creativity.
Health
Battle of the `Staches Raises Money for Men's Health
People who donate money or fundraise for a cause are often silent heroes. However, unlike many fundraising efforts, it's readily apparent who's participating in one that's currently taking the nation by its facial hair...
Cognition
Neuronal "Superhub" Might Generate Consciousness
Could a thin, enigmatic layer of nerve cells be a key component of the networks generating conscious experience?
Neurology
Zap Your Brain to Health with an Electrode Cap
Future medications for brain disorders could be delivered through electrodes rather than pills
Neuroscience
Transparent Brains Reveal Effects of Cocaine and Fear
Circuits that respond to addiction and terror have been modeled in 3D
Mind & Brain
Tongue Shocks Hasten Healing
Electrically stimulating the tongue may help repair neural damage
Mind & Brain
A True and Complete Account of the Neuroscience of Zombies
In a new book, two neuroscientists explore the undead
