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The Brain on Pregnancy and Labor

It’s hardly a secret that both being pregnant and the act of giving birth can change not only a person’s outlook on life, but also their brain, but the question…
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The Persistence of the Mind: How the Brain Can Outlast the Body

It has become fairly cliched to say that time heals all wounds – attesting to the power of forgetfulness when it comes to tragedy. For better or worse, the passing…
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40-HZ Therapy: Stimulating neural activity at Gamma frequency

A sudden flickering of light and a quick, stumbling buzz of noise could in fact have our answer to beating Alzheimer’s disease—with a recent study in lab mice offering insight…
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Dopamine Flow: How the Brain Processes Rewards

When Sigmund Freud first presented his theories of the superego and the id to an unsuspecting world at the dawn of the 20th century, it quickly met with an outcry…
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Navigating Tech in Education. Impact on Student Academic Success

The Impact of Technology on Modern Education: Enhancing Learning or Hindering Progress? As modern education continues to evolve, technology has become a key influencer in its transformation. Its integration into…
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Why Sleep Is So Important For Your Brain

Henry David Thoreau is quoted as saying, “Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.” I would revise this statement by replacing “happiness” with “sleep”

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How To Find A Great Tutor

Many students believe that studying science is a difficult and tedious task. This perception isn’t correct because science is much more exciting than many students realize. Science not only explains how atoms react with one another — that hidden world you cannot see — but also how the world around you — that you can observe — really works.

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Shine A Light On Limitless Learning

The human brain has limitless potential. That’s what I realized as I transformed myself from someone who could never pay attention in school and took the college entrance exam three years in a row to someone who successfully completed a degree in clinical pathology.

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Don’t Be SAD: 5 Ways To Manage Wintertime Depression

Up to 20 percent of people across the globe suffer annually from some form of seasonal affective disorder — better known by the acronym SAD — during the fall and winter months. Fortunately, feeling down during these seasons is for the most part manageable. Here are a few ways to stay upbeat

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Stir Of Echoes: Learning Echolocation

In Jess Row’s short story “The Secrets of Bats,” a high school teacher living in Hong Kong recalls one student’s experiment in the dark hallways after school hours, her goal being to see the same way bats see, that is without actually seeing.

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Are We More Easily Distracted As We Age?

Some people might be able to focus on their task at hand — and filter out distractions. However, research is indicating that as we age — we’re not able to do this as easily — an aging brain is a distracted one. Even simpler things, things that we may take for granted when we’re younger, like sitting across from your friend and having

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How Your Brain Navigates Cities

The shortest distance connecting two points is always a straight line — one of the most basic rules of geometry. However, it’s not always applicable when you’re navigating the landscape around you. When walking through a busy city street, for example, avoiding oncoming traffic and crowds of people, following a straight line can often

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Feeling Stuck? 10 Steps From The “Now” To The “New” You

Have you ever woken up in the morning feeling unsure of where your day — or your life — is going? You wonder what else might be out there. You know you deserve more fulfillment from your life. You think to yourself: What’s next? We’ve all felt that way at one point or another, but have you ever considered it

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Know Your Brain: The Amygdala — Unlocking Your Reptilian Brain

It’s about the shape and size of an almond, nearly as old as the dinosaurs, to whose reptilian brains it bears a considerable resemblance. When you’re walking home late at night, it’s shouting out to you, bogging you down with panic as you navigate your way in the dark, ready to jump at every corner at whatever or whoever

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Finding “Christmas Spirit” In Your Brain

The holiday season seems to fall earlier and earlier each year as stores put out their decorations and marked-down merchandise and radio stations start playing Christmas music. Yet somehow, our feelings always remain the same, whether joyous or anxious. You might look forward to a time of year when you visit with

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