(Arjun Walia) Science is revealing various mindfulness techniques that can literally change and restructure our brain. Neuroscientist Sara Lazar from Mass General and Harvard Medical School is one of the latest to illustrate this. After she sustained running injuries, she took up yoga. It had a tremendous effect on her, which inspired her to start researching the scientific literature that’s available on mindfulness meditation, which is one of the categories into which yoga falls into.
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The Neuroscience of Curiosity: The Brain Treats Information as “Its Own Reward” Like Snacks or Money, Explain Researchers
(Franz Walker) People constantly being distracted by their phones has become a prevalent thing in today’s digitally connected society. Now, a recent study may shed light on the phenomenon.
Love Makes Us More Intelligent, According to Neuroscience
(Exploring Your Mind) Some researchers concluded that love makes us more intelligent. This is because our brains have a “love neural network” and a particular biochemistry that activates and increases a series of cognitive functions.
Researchers Unveil Ultra-Precise, Mind-Controlled Prosthetic: ‘It’s like you have a hand again’
(Nicole Casal Moore) In a major advance in mind-controlled prosthetics for amputees, University of Michigan researchers have tapped faint, latent signals from arm nerves and amplified them to enable real-time, intuitive, finger-level control of a robotic hand.
Study: Sensory Information Underpins Abstract Knowledge
(Calli McMurray) Neuroimaging reveals our brains combine information from different categories of sensory information to drive abstract knowledge.
Study: What Women Really Want — The Effect of Women’s Cycle on Preferences for Male Behavior
(Neuroscience) In the past, there has been much excitement over research that purported to show a link between changes in a woman’s cycle and how attracted she was to men behaving in different ways. However, research at the University of Göttingen using the largest sample size to date questions these results. The new research showed that shifts in women’s cycles did not affect their preferences for men’s behaviour. The researchers found, however, that when fertile, women found all men slightly more attractive and, irrespective of their hormone cycle, flirtier men were evaluated as being more attractive for sexual relationships but less attractive for long-term relationships. The results were published in Psychological Science.
Study: Men Can Smell When a Woman is Sexually Aroused
(Neuroscience News) University of Kent research suggests that men can distinguish between the scents of sexually aroused and non-aroused women.
Revenge, Brain Science: The Neural Processes Behind Our Desire for Revenge
(Neuroscience News) New insight on the neural processes that drive a desire for revenge during conflict between groups has been published today in the open-access journal eLife.
Study: Love Matters — How Parents’ Love Shapes Children’s Lives
(Neuroscience News) Parents often put their own relationship on the back burner to concentrate on their children, but a new study shows that when spouses love each other, children stay in school longer and marry later in life.
Study: The Use of Jargon Kills People’s Interest in Science, Politics
(Science Daily) When scientists and others use their specialized jargon terms while communicating with the general public, the effects are much worse than just making what they’re saying hard to understand.
Engrams Emerging as the Basic Unit of Memory
(Neuroscience) Though scientist Richard Semon introduced the concept of the “engram” 115 years ago to posit a neural basis for memory, direct evidence for engrams has only begun to accumulate recently as sophisticated technologies and methods have become available.
Kids Three Times as Likely to Eat Healthy After Watching Cooking Shows with Healthy Food
(Neuroscience News) Children aged between 10-12 were almost three times as likely to make healthier eating decisions after watching cooking shows that featured healthy foods. Related Parents Beware: Food Causes Nutrition Deficiency: Soda and Fast Food Cripple Brain Development, According to New Study Source – Neuroscience News by Staff Writer, January 3rd 2020 Television programs […]
How Coffee Affects the Brain, Body, and Health
(Neuroscience News) You’re reading this with a cup of coffee in your hand, aren’t you? Coffee is the most popular drink in the world. Americans drink more coffee than soda, juice, and tea — combined.
Brain Differences Between Genders | Psychology
(Justin Deschamps) There are differences between men and women. I know that is obvious to most people, but there is an agenda to hide this truth, which will result in more human suffering.
Study: Ooh là là! Music Evokes 13 Key Emotions. Scientists Have Mapped Them
(Neuroscience News) The “Star-Spangled Banner” stirs pride. Ed Sheeran’s “The Shape of You” sparks joy. And “ooh là là!” best sums up the seductive power of George Michael’s “Careless Whispers.”