Brain

“How can the brain understand itself?”

The host of the new show "Brain Games" tells Salon the organ's biggest mystery, and how to make yours work better

David Sirota Monday, Apr 22, 2013 7:00 PM UTC
Media Brain, Neuroscience, Television

Obama’s BRAIN gets hammered

Telling neuroscientists to stop criticizing a big government research project is not how science should be done

Andrew Leonard Monday, Apr 15, 2013 6:41 PM UTC
Technology Neuroscience, Brain

Cocoa could be the new brain drug

Studies show that high levels of a natural compound in raw cocoa called flavanol lead to greater cognitive function

Daisy Yuhas, Scientific American Sunday, Mar 3, 2013 1:00 PM UTC
Life Scientific American, Brain, Cocoa

Football’s death spiral

Corroded by scandal and undermined by shocking new science, America's killer sport may be nearing collapse

Andrew O'Hehir Sunday, Feb 3, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 251
Entertainment Football, Brain Science, Brain

10 ways the brain dictates sex

Think size matters? That's just the preoptic area of your hypothalamaus talking

Liz Langley, AlterNet Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 11:31 PM UTC
Life AlterNet, Sex, Brain, Neuroscience

Is an Alzheimer’s vaccine on the way?

New research suggests we may be one step closer to treating -- and preventing -- the degenerative brain disease

Katie Mcdonough Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 2:30 PM UTC
Life Alzheimer's Disease, Brain

How much alcohol is safe for expectant mothers?

The odd drink is unlikely to harm most infants, but we can't fully measure alcohol's effect on the developing brain

Melinda Wenner Moyer, Scientific American Saturday, Jan 5, 2013 3:00 PM UTC
Life Scientific American, Alcohol

Music gets you high

New research on endorphins finds people have higher pain thresholds immediately after singing, dancing and drumming

Tom Jacobs, Pacific Standard Friday, Nov 23, 2012 4:00 PM UTC
Life Music, Science, Brain

What can we learn from freestyle rappers?

A new brain study reveals they may hold the key to enhanced creativity

Kevin Charles Redmon, Pacific Standard Sunday, Nov 18, 2012 4:00 PM UTC
Life Science, Neuroscience, Brain

Are neuroscientists the next great architects?

The Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture thinks so, and it's spending thousands of dollars to find out

Emily Badger, Pacific Standard Sunday, Nov 11, 2012 2:00 PM UTC
Life Science, Neuroscience, Brain

What’s the secret to learning a second language?

Studies reveal it's more than just a matter of memory. A look at what the science of recall can teach us

Bonnie Tsui, Pacific Standard Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 12:30 PM UTC 31
Life Science, Education, Brain

Evolution and the mind: An author’s response

New Yorker contributor and former executive editor of the Economist Anthony Gottlieb answers his critic

Anthony Gottlieb Friday, Sep 21, 2012 10:48 PM UTC 18
Life Neuroscience, Evolution

Why can’t some of us relax?

New experiments with mice offer telling clues about the neurobiology of fear

Tom Jacobs, Pacific Standard Tuesday, Sep 18, 2012 3:58 PM UTC
Life Pacific Standard, Neuroscience

Can children’s brains explain mental illness?

The Child Mind Institute hopes to pinpoint the origins of autism, depression and psychosis, among other disorders

Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American Tuesday, Sep 11, 2012 10:05 PM UTC
Life Scientific American, Brain

Touring the brain

"Our brains are rather like a city that has existed since ancient times"

Daniel Bor Saturday, Sep 1, 2012 8:00 PM UTC 11
Life Brain, Neuroscience, Science

Artificial limbs, controlled by thoughts

The idea that paralyzed people might one day control their limbs just by thinking is no longer a fantasy

Miguel A.L. Nicolelis, Scientific American Thursday, Aug 30, 2012 6:36 PM UTC
Life Scientific American

Inside a 20-something’s brain

New studies suggest structural changes into our third decade, but it may be too soon to tell

Ferris Jabr, Scientific American Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012 7:22 PM UTC
Life Scientific American, Girls

Does self-awareness require a complex brain?

Neuroimaging studies reveal that a wrinkly cerebral cortex is what distinguishes human thinking from other animals'

Ferris Jabr, Scientific American Thursday, Aug 23, 2012 6:15 PM UTC
Life Scientific American, Brain

Our self-cleansing brain

Fluids coursing through the nervous system could help clear the brain of toxic detritus that leads to Alzheimer's

Daisy Yuhas, Scientific American Thursday, Aug 16, 2012 10:22 PM UTC
Life Scientific American, Brain

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