Brainfluence: How the Digital World Shapes Our Brain
By Carolin Fischer
When was the last time you looked at your smartphone? Or are you even reading this text on your smartphone right now? In any case, you are…
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Cognition
Have You Ever Thought: “How Did I Think That Thought?”
By Idha Sood
“Creativity is seeing what others see and thinking what no one else ever thought.” -Albert Einstein
Has an idea popped into your head while having your afternoon…
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Criminalization is an outdated approach to the US addiction crisis
(And why now is the perfect time to change it)
The first time I heard the word prohibition was in eighth grade. The 18th amendment banned alcohol in 1918 in…
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How Political Bias Changes Our Understanding of Data
Data literacy is the ability to understand the results and process of collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and reporting data. This skill is becoming increasingly relevant with internet-driven improvements to data accessibility…
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How Weight Lifting Gets the Brain in Shape
Weight trainers often espouse the “mind-muscle connection”. But what actually happens to the brain during strength training? Surprisingly, even a few weeks of weight training alter the nervous system, and…
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Rare Disease Day
It is Rare Disease Day. And to bring awareness to these diseases that have often been understudied, please read this new infographic that discusses a few of these rare conditions.…
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Neuro Cartilla: El Envejecimiento
Artículo original: Neuro Primer: Aging, Gabrielle Torre
Traducido por Daniela Semerjian
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¿Qué le sucede al cerebro en el envejecimiento?
El envejecimiento normal viene con muchos cambios en la estructura…
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How Floating in Darkness Takes the Body off the Mind
What happens when your mind disconnects from all outside sensations? First, you undress, put in earplugs, and step into a floatation tank, the water warmed to the temperature of your…
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Empathy: Building Social Interactions By Linking Our Emotional Lives
As social beings, humans have the ability to adapt their behavior to fit their social context. Whether we are meeting new classmates, conducting a job interview or helping a friend…
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Cognition in Schizophrenia: The Missing Piece of the Therapeutic Puzzle
What kind of mental image springs to mind upon reading the word ‘schizophrenia’? Many envisage individuals locked in dark institutions, plagued by non-existent voices and vivid hallucinations. Fortunately, modern antipsychotic…
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Understanding Visual Illusions Can Make Us More Empathetic
Philosophers and neuroscientists agree that if there is an objective reality, human beings can’t perceive it: philosophers refer to objective reality as a perception independent of any conscious awareness. Neuroscientists…
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Book Review and Author Interview: The Case Against Reality by Donald Hoffman
A full interview with Donald Hoffman follows this book review
Does the moon still exist when you’re not looking at it? In a provocative new book titled The Case Against…
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Music for the Mind: How Music Nurtures Cognitive Development
Imagine listening to your favorite song, how it makes you feel, and the flood of memories the sounds bring with them. Music is well known for its ability to evoke…
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Neuro Primer: Aging
What happens to the brain in aging?
Normal aging comes with many changes in brain structure and function. As individuals approach the age of 65 years and above, they experience…
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Do People With Dyslexia Read and Write Backwards?
Dyslexia is an unexpected difficulty in learning to read despite normal intelligence and vision and access to good instruction. Today, scientists generally agree that people with dyslexia struggle to read…
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Our Dreams Have Many Purposes, Changing Across the Lifespan
lthough radically different in terms of their content and feel, the range of dream states are just as complex as waking states. If we look across an individual’s lifetime, we…
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