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Science (and life) keep hammering nails “into the coffin of the rational individual.” But rationalism and individualism still haunt and systematically mislead—even about where your mind is.
When it comes to time, and what the heck it actually is, there’s a clash of ideas between physics and neuroscience.
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A new study finds LSD — a Schedule I drug with “no medical value” — to be therapeutically beneficial.
Will we ever have a Theory of Everything? Theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss isn’t sure that’s the right question to be asking.
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Cognitive abilities peak at varying ages, say researchers from MIT and Harvard.
Even our most imaginative expectations of AI are only primitive — but as neuroscience understands the brain more deeply, it will unlock the full potential of hybrid intelligence.
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A patient’s brain showed activity for nearly 10 minutes after death, baffling doctors and prompting the need for further research.
Scientists identify key compounds that may help prevent brain diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s as well as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Where is your mind? Professor Daniel Siegel answers this question with a more revolutionary one: Where isn’t your mind?
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Here are two cutting-edge neuroscience technologies that may enable us to treat conditions like blindness, epilepsy and Alzheimer’s.
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Two recent studies reveal the effects of LSD on the brain.
The computer it’s attached to can “see” potential hazards and alert the surgeon to them.
Canadian scientists discover how being bilingual creates advantages for the brain.
The benefits of actively playing chess are supported by numerous studies.
Scientists are finding that loneliness has real medical consequences, and the brain sees it as pain.
Is the technology of the future more radical than the technology of the past? Alison Gopnik provides some historical perspective.
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A new study says running enhances connectivity in areas of the brain associated wth high-level thinking.
“Lifelong learning is extremely important,” says Nobel laureate Dr. Eric Kandel, “and the more we learn about life span the more important we realize it is.”
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MRI study finds brains of ASD subjects are more symmetrical than typical brains, which makes sense.
Researchers scan the brains of people having strong spiritual experiences.
Amy Herman teaches visual intelligence to doctors, intelligence analysts and the NYPD. Here she runs through how to make decisions you can defend under questioning: ones that are perceptive and informed.
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New research shows how studying music helps the brain create new connections.
American painter David Salle explains that to observe and appreciate art better, we need to refresh a basic skill we’ve all left in the dust: how to see.
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New research by Australian scientists shows what exercise can make some people more intelligent and prevent dementia.
Your brain isn’t the only organ processing your day while you sleep. Dr. Emeran Mayer explains the circular processing of emotion and memory that goes on between your brain and your digestive system, and how the latter can “dream”.
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A “magical probiotic mouthwash” may someday eradicate them, according to UC-San Diego researchers, whose research is leading them to a trigger in the microbiome.
A new study links reward-seeking to learning in teen brains.
We never forget a face, but that’s because humans are evolutionary predisposed.
A new study shows that addressing the ADHD epidemic may require a dose of physical activity, so kids can refocus and learn effectively in a classroom.
