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The Brain In High Temps

As the world gets warmer, extreme heat days – once a phenomenon of midsummer, are now an inevitable fact of life. You’re not just imagining it – the summers are…
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Why Do We Daydream?

Why do we daydream? We tend to think of this as why we have lapses in concentration that often lead us to thoughts we have no control over, but rarely…
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The Art Of The Possible: What Is This We Call Consciousness?

“I was just thinking about myself thinking about myself.” It was a line that led to many back and forth emails and arguments between myself (conscious about my current gig…
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20 Reasons To Consider Biopolymer Removal

When you opted for biopolymer injections, you might have sought a quick enhancement. But these substances, which include materials that are not approved by the FDA, can jeopardize your health.…
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A Method To Madness. Understanding Psychosis

Few medical disorders are as stigmatizing as mental illness – particularly when it comes to the symptoms of psychosis. Though we’ve come a considerable way from the era when it…
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What’s Happening With Our Bodies When We Join In Song?

It’s probably inevitable that when you put a bunch of self-confessed musical theater nerds in the same room, you’ll hear a lot of talk about feelings, but there’s something else…
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Hands on the Mediator. The Hand-Brain Connection

The human hand – considerably more developed than those of our closest primate ancestors, is one of the great marvels of our evolution. There isn’t another creature on the planet…
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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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Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Just All In Our Heads?

Over the last few years, a body of research has grown looking into the nature of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) –– in particular, myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), a disorder…
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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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Kindling Kindness: We Are Geared For Generosity

To be human is to be kind. Selfishness is learned. Scientists from Oxford to UCLA, Michigan and beyond are proving this and that the brain has areas for smiling and empathy, but not cruelty — which is always a disorder. Kindness — throughout human existence, science tells us that this has

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