Brain

15/10/2023 - 19:17

For a moment, I panicked. Then the teacher called on me, I opened my mouth, and words emerged. Where had they come from? Evidently, I’d had... →

26/06/2023 - 12:06

Now researchers say they have found evidence to suggest napping may help to protect against brain shrinkage. That is of interest, the team... →

08/06/2023 - 13:08

Followers of Descartes have argued that consciousness is a uniquely human attribute, perhaps facilitated by language, that allows us to... →

10/03/2023 - 14:52

As a philosopher of mind, I think the key ingredients of personal transformation are not always found in tectonic events. Drawing from... →

21/11/2022 - 13:49

One of his proudest inventions was a homemade burglar alarm that alerted him whenever his parents entered his room. He used a microscope to... →

23/07/2022 - 12:02

I'm standing in line at my local bakery in Paris, apologising to an incredibly confused shopkeeper. He's just asked how many pastries I... →

30/10/2021 - 14:06

Behind it lies the motor cortex, responsible for planning and coordinating movement. To the sides: the temporal lobes, crucial for memory... →

18/10/2021 - 12:25

The human body is covered in about two square meters of skin, but somehow even before looking you knew the precise location of the spindly... →

20/09/2021 - 13:12

Speaking on his approach to growing his fans, he says that, if a picture doesn’t receive a certain number of ‘Likes’ within a set time, it... →

29/08/2021 - 13:21

The answers are yes and yes; but, unfortunately, biological and cultural explanations are so often seen as mutually exclusive that a middle... →

13/05/2021 - 12:06

For some, positivity has been essential to coping with the crisis – many have relished a chance to slow down and reevaluate, felt grateful... →

01/04/2021 - 14:25

A functional map of the brain tells us almost nothing about what it feels like to be alive. Even certain neuroscientists have an... →

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