Neuroscience
Your Brain Now Processes a Smiley Face as a Real Smile
Perhaps eventually we’ll respond to emoji as we would to real dogs, cats and night skies
A Scientific Explanation of How Marijuana Causes the Munchies
THC appears to increase our sensitivity to scents and flavors by using naturally occurring neural networks to convince the brain that it's starving
How You Describe a Dream Could Help Determine What Kind of Psychosis You Have
A recent study found dream descriptions could be used ot distinguish between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
Humans Are Naturally Inclined to Believe We’re Immortal
Even children who live in a culture with no beliefs about existence before birth have a concept of "pre-life"
English Speakers Are Bad at Identifying and Describing Smells
But is this a problem with our noses, or with English?
A Postmortem of the Most Famous Brain in Neuroscience History
Patient H.M.'s brain has been sliced and digitized, leading to new insights for scientists
Some People Are Terrified of Chewing Sounds
When you chew loudly, cough or clip your nails, you might be causing another person to bubble with rage
A New Drug Could Help You Forget Long-Term Traumatic Memories
The drug has allowed mice to replace old anxiety-filled memories with new, harmless ones
What fMRI Can Tell Us About the Thoughts and Minds of Dogs
One neuroscientist is peering into the canine brain, and says he's found evidence that dogs may feel love
The Stubborn Scientist Who Unraveled A Mystery of the Night
Fifty years ago, Eugene Aserinksy discovered rapid eye movement and changed the way we think about sleep and dreaming
Facing a Bumpy History
The much-maligned theory of phrenology gets a tip of the hat from modern neuroscience
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