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Brain

By Adam Rifkin

Brain is where mind, body, and soul meet.

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How to Become a Superager: Unpleasant intense effort maintains a sharper memory and a greater ability to pay attention.

Hedgehogs Hold the Secret to Preventing Concussions

Political beliefs hard-wired into brain, say neuroscientists

Psychiatrists Must Face Possibility That Medications Hurt More Than They Help

21 celebrities speak honestly about their mental health battles

Don't study for exams by "studying." Instead, take practice tests, which help you remember better under stress.

Here’s What Happens in Your Brain When You Hear a Pun

What brain science says about how to manage your time to be more successful

How Your Brain Decides Without You

How do you know you know? Origin of human consciousness may lie in newly pinpointed brain network.

An antidepressant that increases serotonin boosts motivation in healthy people by reducing their perceived cost of putting in more effort.

Blood from human teens rejuvenates the body and brains of old mice.

Brain implant device enables paralyzed monkeys with spinal cord injuries to walk again.

Scientists found rat brain part that processes ticklishness. Tickling the rats caused neurons in that region to fire, making them giggle.

US military successfully tests electrical brain stimulation to enhance staff skills

From porkies to whoppers: Over time lies may desensitize brain to dishonesty.

The Fake Laugh

How The Concept Of Implicit Bias Came Into Being

Migraine headaches could be caused by gut bacteria reaction to nitrates such as those found in red wine, chocolate, and bacon.

Long visits to nature are linked to improved mental health.

What’s really going on in PTS brains? Michigan experts suggest new theory: Disrupted context processing.

This Is How To Resist Distraction: 4 Secrets To Remarkable Focus

The Weak Evidence Behind Brain-Training Games

The Sweet Emotional Life of Bees

The fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous?

Music Critic Tim Page Rediscovers Life After A Terrifying Brain Injury

Why Panpsychism Is Probably Wrong

How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in Math

My therapist gave me a pill: Can MDMA help cure trauma?

Why are babies so dumb if humans are so smart?

Revolutionary drug aducanumab may stop Alzheimer's disease from developing.

What a Bad Decision Looks Like in the Brain

With Dogs, It’s What You Say — and How You Say It

Understanding the unhappy side of serotonin: There is a brain circuit that seems to be related to serotonin-driven anxiety.

Do You Believe in God, or Is That a Software Glitch?

Neuroscience Of Mindfulness: How To Make Your Mind Happy By Getting Your Left Brain Under Control, by Eric Barker

How the Brain Adapts to Deal with Extreme Stress

How Poverty Affects the Brain

Zika, a Formidable Enemy, Attacks and Destroys Parts of Babies’ Brains

Let's learn some noggin anatomy!

Pulling consecutive all-nighters makes some brain areas groggier. Problem solving and concentration become sluggish when sleep-deprived.

Wireless 'Neural Dust' Could Monitor Your Brain

The Neuroscience of Cool

A crowdsourced study of 450,000 customers of 23andMe has uncovered the first major trove of genetic clues to the cause of depression.

What Your Brain Looks Like When It Solves a Math Problem

Shocking New Role Found for the Immune System: Controlling Social Interactions

Updated Brain Map Identifies Nearly 100 New Regions

How to Turn Your Brain from Anger to Compassion, by Greater Good

Your Brain Benefits Most When You Listen to Absolutely Nothing, Science Says

"You only use 10% of your brain" is a movie lie. Fact is, you actually use your entire brain.

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