Mind & Brain
One Brain Area Processes Time, Space and Social Relationships
Physical and emotional distance overlap in the brain
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"Alive Inside" Shows How Music Can Break Through the Fog of Dementia
A documentary captures people with dementia reconnecting to emotions and lost memories through music
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What Is Dreaming and What Does It Tell Us about Memory? [Excerpt]
Dreams may play a role in memory incorporation and influence our long-term moods, physiology and creativity
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Brian Wilson: A Cork on the Ocean
The rise and fall of the Beach Boys leader shows how crucial the brain's executive function is to creativity
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Diet, Exercise and Other Behaviors May Impede Dementia
In 2010, the National Institutes of Health held a conference to determine what measures, including behavioral steps like exercise and diet, could be taken to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s...
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Mild Brain Injury Leaves Lasting Scar
A long-term study reveals how the brain responds to a mild impact, and could guide future intervention
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Practice Alone Does Not Make Perfect, Studies Find
When I was a little kid, my mom and grandmom were having a heated argument in the front of the car. At one point I interrupted them, and with exasperation said: “You know, Mom, Grandmom is really right.” Then I turned to my grandmom and said, “I think my Mom is right too.” They were shocked, because [...]..
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Large Study of Stem Cells for Autism Draws Criticism
Experts say a $15-million trial to explore stem cells from cord blood for treating autism is premature
Health
Heavy Metal Headbanging Rare Risk Revealed
Headbanging can cause pain or even whiplash. But a 50-year-old Motörhead fan developed a more serious condition, bleeding in the brain that required surgical repair, after headbanging at a concert...
Scientific Heretic Rupert Sheldrake on Morphic Fields, Psychic Dogs and Other Mysteries
For decades, I’ve been only dimly aware of Rupert Sheldrake as a renegade British biologist who argues that telepathy and other paranormal phenomena (sometimes lumped under the term psi) should be taken more seriously by the scientific establishment...
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New Clues to Just How Much the Adult Brain Can Change
Popular neuroscience books have made much in recent years of the possibility that the adult brain is capable of restoring lost function or even enhancing cognition through sustained mental or physical activities...
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New Drug Targets Promise to Treat Jet Lag
Molecular clues may reveal how to instantly reset the brain's clock
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Memory-Saving Devices Snag $37.5 Million in Federal Funds
Implants to restore brain function lost to injury and disease win support from a defense agency
Neuroscience
When Arousal Is Agony
Sexual dysfunction can emerge when certain nerves start misfiring. Are SSRIs partially to blame?
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How to Protect Yourself against Bad Self-Help
Dangers lurk within the U.S.'s $12-billion self-help industry. Here is how to spot the warning signs
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What's So Funny?: The Science of Humor
Cognitive neuroscientist Scott Weems talks about his book HA!: The Science of When We Laugh and Why
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Sugar May Harm Brain Health
High levels of blood glucose are linked to memory impairments
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Rhythm Is Heard Best in the Bass
Better detection by the brain could explain why low-pitched notes carry the beat across musical cultures
Health
Fear and Anxiety May Shorten Dogs' Lifespan
For some, it happens in the bathroom. For others, it's the living room. All across America, as fireworks go off on July 4th, many dogs experience varying degrees of fear and stress.
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Red Objects Strangely Feel Cooler to the Touch Than Blue Ones
A study reverses our usual expectations about sensation and colors, with a twist
