Brain

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... →

27/03/2021 - 12:09

The book it was based on, published in 2010, has sold some 10 million copies and spent 206 weeks on the New York Times best-... →

09/02/2021 - 12:31

Now, after decades of research into the effects of ageing, scientists are uncovering another, more mysterious change. “The conclusion is... →

31/08/2020 - 12:43

To be clear, Musk’s engineers and scientists have created the underlying technology, but Woke built the robot’s look and user experience,... →

23/07/2020 - 12:41

"More than half of community-dwelling individuals sixty years and older express concern about declining cognitive abilities," states the... →

17/07/2020 - 13:36

These were serious, debilitating symptoms. And yet, they might have seemed almost mild once CT and MRI scans presented a diagnosis: the... →

03/05/2020 - 18:28

It might have been the young female catatonic patient who began to communicate only when Fromm-Reichmann asked her how lonely she was. “She... →

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