Re-imagining our relationship

The decade of the brain, the brain mapping programs, the explosion in neuroscience globally - these have all brought about a new understanding of the...

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The learning brain

Having a high IQ has been a mark of intellectual superiority for years, but is it really a true definition of intelligence? Some researchers argue...

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You must remember this

For many of us our memories are a diary of our lives. They are mental movies of where we've been, what we did, and who...

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Curiosities

We do a lot of things that at first seem like a natural reaction to the situation at hand. We laugh, we cry, we yawn...

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Back to Nature

If you live in an urban area, do you deal with stress by taking a vacation somewhere rural or wild? Many of us do. So,...

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Decisions

Decisions decisions decisions. We make hundreds a day. Everything from whether to get out of bed, to making an offer on a new house, to...

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The Brain's Eye View

Eyes have become a hot area of research for many neuroscientists, but what they're interested in is not what eyes see, but how they move. Our...

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Of Music and Dance

The old saying is true ... it does take two to tango - you and your brain. Across all human cultures, music and dance are fundamental...

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Neurogastronomy

When you sip that first cup of coffee in the morning, don't go asking your taste buds what they think. Ask your brain. ...

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Brain 101

It weighs just three pounds but neuroscientists say the brain is as complicated as the universe itself.There are 86 billion neurons making trillions of connections....

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