Science

The Power of Words (And What They Do For Your Brain)

May 17, 2020

It’s long been said that the pen is mightier than the sword — that the written word is a far more effective catalyst at impacting the world — shaping society and individual thought more significantly than any weapon ever has. Edward Bulwer-Lytton actually coined the phrase around 1837, sometime after

Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do

May 16, 2020

Jeremy Bailenson, a communications professor at Stanford and the founder of the Virtual Human Interactive Lab, demonstrates why the conventional attitude toward VR should change alongside the rapidly advancing technology. In “Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do,”

Does Listening to Music Help You Focus?

May 15, 2020

For millions of parents sheltering in place, the home has become an office, a school and a playground all rolled into one, and the ability to dive into hours of uninterrupted work seems like a distant memory. Can popping in your earbuds and turning on some tunes diminish at least some of the distraction and improve

The Neuroscience Behind Rationalizing Our Mistakes

May 12, 2020

Many of us have a hard time admitting when we’re wrong, but, even more so, we don’t like admitting that something about our logic (or belief systems) is flawed. So we rationalize, justify and sometimes fictionalize our stories, telling rose-colored lies to downplay our mistakes and make our choices

Inside The Dream Mind

May 8, 2020

What goes on inside your brain when you’re dreaming? Well, as it happens, no one seems to know exactly. Not the mystics with the crystal balls, not the dream interpreters, and not even, as you might suspect, scientists. While several theories are floating about in both the scientific and non-scientific worlds

The Therapeutic Interconnection: Getting Results with Internet Cognitive Behavior Therapy

May 7, 2020

Yet for the last two decades, my notion of what makes a true therapeutic relationship has been somewhat challenged, transformed, and colored by the advance of internet therapy — a form of therapy that physically separates the therapist and client and redirects one’s eyes to pixelated computer screens.

Call in the (Cognitive) Reserves!

May 4, 2020

How many paths does your brain have? Our thoughts run across a massive, diverse network of synaptic pathways, with trillions of synapses that form a staggering number of possible connections. Every human brain has more potential synaptic combinations than there are atoms in the universe

What Learning Music Does For Young Minds

April 28, 2020

The correlation between studying music and improved cognitive function has been fairly well researched. Children, regardless of age, who have had interactive experiences with music have demonstrated improved memory, language, and math skills over those who have not had such

Like A Glove: How the Earth and the Brain Fit Together

April 21, 2020

For those of us who understand and accept evolution as the guiding force that shapes the appearance and behavior of all living organisms, the relationship between the Earth and the brains that evolved here couldn’t be more implicit. The old adage “You are what you eat” really does not do justice

Challenging Your Brain for Health and Wisdom

April 18, 2020

“Because our culture and our technology have advanced faster than we can advance biologically, human beings have become cognitively obsolete in the world we ourselves created!” says Schlomo Breznitz and Collins Hemingway in “Maximum Brainpower: Challenging the Brain for Health and Wisdom”

Your Mind Illuminated: Lumosity and The Human Cognition Project

April 16, 2020

It was previously thought that the brain is a morphologically static organ. However, it has since been shown that the brain is in fact plastic. Neuroplasticity is the process by which changes in neural pathways and synapses can alter behavior. Every time one comes in contact with new information

How Neuroscience Helps Us to Understand Human Nature

April 14, 2020

One thing that is for certain is that sooner or later, much of the progress that is being made in neuroscience will have an impact on daily life, either through what one does, eats, how one changes one’s life, or through medications. Why such an interest in neuroscience now?

Memories in the Night: How Your Brain Comes Alive While You Sleep

April 12, 2020

The idea that sleep has a reparative effect on the brain is longstanding. But while there’s almost a century of evidence from psychology on things like long-term memory consolidation, we still don’t really know what the physiological mechanism is.

Unlocking the Wisdom of the Brain

April 10, 2020

We all know that age brings about the decline of certain brain functions such as memory recall and reaction time. What might be less known is that studies show that people become more satisfied with themselves and their lives as they get older. Eurobarometer and Gallup conducted a study

Cool Head, Open Heart: How Bodily Awareness Increases Empathy

April 9, 2020

Research shows, however, that the heart and the brain are interconnected, with one organ passing information along to the other. Importantly, we can recognize — and manipulate — our heart and brain through our heartbeats. At the University of Sussex, Dr. Sarah Garfinkel tells the story of how

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