Neuroscience
For People with Dementia, Does It Take a Village?
A community in the Netherlands has become a model for how to help people feel at home even after they've lost their memory
Western Schizophrenia Tests Overdiagnose Immigrants
New research suggests that it’s not that immigrants have higher rates of schizophrenia, but rather that our tests for schizophrenia are biased
Your Dog Can Tell From Your Voice If You're Happy or Sad
New fMRI research shows that dogs' brains are specially equipped to process human voices, and respond differently based on our emotions
The Science of Solitary Confinement
Research tells us that isolation is an ineffective rehabilitation strategy and leaves lasting psychological damage
Why Some People Always Remember Their Dreams, But Others Never Can
Why people dream is still a mystery, however
Extreme Loneliness Can Be Deadly for Older People
People who suffer from loneliness were almost twice as likely to die over a six year study period than others
Elegant Mathematical Formulas Activate the Same Brain Region As Music And Art
Beauty comes in many different guises, including numbers and symbols
Your Brain Now Processes a Smiley Face as a Real Smile
Perhaps eventually we’ll respond to emoji as we would to real dogs, cats and night skies
A Scientific Explanation of How Marijuana Causes the Munchies
THC appears to increase our sensitivity to scents and flavors by using naturally occurring neural networks to convince the brain that it's starving
How You Describe a Dream Could Help Determine What Kind of Psychosis You Have
A recent study found dream descriptions could be used ot distinguish between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
Humans Are Naturally Inclined to Believe We’re Immortal
Even children who live in a culture with no beliefs about existence before birth have a concept of "pre-life"
English Speakers Are Bad at Identifying and Describing Smells
But is this a problem with our noses, or with English?
A Postmortem of the Most Famous Brain in Neuroscience History
Patient H.M.'s brain has been sliced and digitized, leading to new insights for scientists
Some People Are Terrified of Chewing Sounds
When you chew loudly, cough or clip your nails, you might be causing another person to bubble with rage
A New Drug Could Help You Forget Long-Term Traumatic Memories
The drug has allowed mice to replace old anxiety-filled memories with new, harmless ones
What fMRI Can Tell Us About the Thoughts and Minds of Dogs
One neuroscientist is peering into the canine brain, and says he's found evidence that dogs may feel love
The Stubborn Scientist Who Unraveled A Mystery of the Night
Fifty years ago, Eugene Aserinksy discovered rapid eye movement and changed the way we think about sleep and dreaming
Facing a Bumpy History
The much-maligned theory of phrenology gets a tip of the hat from modern neuroscience
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