Two studies refute an enzyme’s essential role in remembering and forgetting By Ed Yong and Nature magazine | Thursday, January 3, 2013 | For years, a particular protein has been cast as a lynchpin of long-term memory.Inhibiting this enzyme could erase...
What body language indicates "trustworthy"? By Piercarlo Valdesolo | Tuesday, January 8, 2013 “In spite of the hardness and ruthlessness I thought I saw in his face, I got the impression that here was a man who could be relied upon when he had given his...
A scientist enters a high-security psychiatric hospital to extract tips and advice from a crowd without a conscience By Kevin Dutton | Friday, January 4, 2013 | Adapted from The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us...
Psychologists document the joys of sharing joy By Emma Seppala Positive experiences happen to us everyday yet we don't always take full advantage of them. Have you ever noticed that it could be a great day (you had 8 hours of sleep, it’s the weekend,...
Exercise is good for you, whereas high heels are not, and calling an ambulance saves lives By Jeanna Bryner , Stephanie Pappas and LiveScience For scientists, an answer to a question, or solution to a problem, is not true until proven so. And sometimes...
Cognitive scientist Benjamin K. Bergen’s Louder Than Words: The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning recounts that the parts of the brain engaged when throwing a baseball also fire up when visualizing the same action By Benjamin K. Bergen Editor's...
Like Math? Thank Your Motivation, Not IQ People who were driven by their own interest improved their math skills the most. IQ or external factors such as parental pressure or grades didn't create a lasting boost By Tia Ghose and LiveScience | Friday,...
Functional MRI can peer inside your brain and watch you watching a YouTube clip By Christof Koch | Saturday, December 29, 2012 Unless you have been deaf and blind to the world over the past decade, you know that functional magnetic resonance brain imaging...
Recent studies find our first impulses are selfless By Adrian F. Ward | Tuesday, November 20, 2012 When it really comes down to it—when the chips are down and the lights are off—are we naturally good? That is, are we predisposed to act cooperatively,...
Two-decade study reveals neural connection between early stress and anxiety and depression in girls. | Sunday, November 11, 2012 | By Virginia Hughes For some girls, stressful experiences in the first year of life seem to drive hormonal changes later...
An ambitious researcher wrestles with some of the grand challenges of neural development By David Cyranoski and Nature magazine | Sunday, November 11, 2012 | Yoshiki Sasai is not just an ordinary tissue engineer who tries to coax stem cells to grow into...
The disturbing world of dreams is grounded in day-to-day experience, scientists say By Wynne Parry and LiveScience | Monday, November 12, 2012 | The realm of sleep and dreams has long been associated with strangeness: omens or symbols, unconscious impulses...
A lesson in communication from Scientific American By Ingrid Wickelgren | Thursday, November 8, 2012 | Key concepts Psychology Attention Working memory Communication Introduction Have you ever told a friend or family member something only to later find...
Adapted from The Wisdom of Psychopaths, by Kevin Dutton, by arrangement withScientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC (US), Doubleday Canada (Canada), Heinemann (UK), Record (Brazil), DTV (Germany), De Bezige Bij (Netherlands), NHK (Japan), Miraebook...
How the Power of Expectations Can Allow You to ‘Bend Reality’ Journalist Chris Berdik explains the many ways that what is expected shapes what happens By Gareth Cook | Tuesday, October 16, 2012 | Chris Berdik, a science journalist and former staff editor...
We can learn a lot from psychopaths. Certain aspects of their personalities and intellect are often hallmarks of success By Kevin Dutton | Friday, October 12, 2012 | 10 Adapted from The Wisdom of Psychopaths, by Kevin Dutton, by arrangement withScientific...
Reprinted from Are We Getting Smarter? Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century , by James R. Flynn. Copyright © 2012 James R. Flynn. Reprinted with the permission of Cambridge University Press. The phenomenon of IQ gains has created unnecessary controversy...
How much is too much chocolate? Desperately devouring 5 percent of one's body weight might sound extreme, but scientists tinkering with the brain chemistry of rodents have found it's certainly possible. Scientists at the University of Michigan (U.M.)...
The laughter of tiny babies is not just a phenomenally popular theme for YouTube videos, it is also a fantastic window into the workings of the human brain. You can’t laugh unless you get the joke. At the University of London's Birkbeck Babylab we study...
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Carolyn Gregoire Creativity works in mysterious and often paradoxical ways. Creative thinking is a stable, defining characteristic in some personalities, but it may also change based on situation and context. Inspiration and ideas often arise seemingly...
Gut instincts: The secrets of your second brain Emma Young When it comes to your moods, decisions and behaviour, the brain in your head is not the only one doing the thinking IT'S been a tough morning. You were late for work, missed a crucial meeting...
Whether you're a casual user of social media sites like facebook and twitter or an avid online dater accessing eHarmony or Match.com, chances are you've created a personal online profile and been faced with a decision: What should you post for your profile...
Les cellules gliales sont les partenaires des neurones. Elles les assistent dans leurs diverses fonctions. La douleur chronique pourrait provenir d'un dérèglement du fonctionnement de ces cellules. Douglas Fields Hélène se tord la cheville en courant....
L'empathie dans les échanges interpersonnels Le cerveau, simulateur du monde extérieur est programmé par des modèles internes en vue de l’action. Ces modèles innés ou acquis se développent par un processus simple : Le cerveau projette sur l’environnement...