Study: Unhappiness hurts fiscal health
Are you sad because you're broke, or broke because you're sad?
Thursday, Nov 15, 2012 10:42 PM UTCLife Psychology, Science, Neuroscience
Are you sad because you're broke, or broke because you're sad?
Thursday, Nov 15, 2012 10:42 PM UTCThe Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture thinks so, and it's spending thousands of dollars to find out
Sunday, Nov 11, 2012 2:00 PM UTCOliver Sacks explores the strange world of hallucinations, and says they're far more common than we realize
Monday, Nov 5, 2012 2:00 AM UTCMore than one in four people out of work in Greece
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 6:10 PM UTCHow do we understand what words really mean? New science suggests we make meaning by creating mental simulations
Saturday, Oct 20, 2012 5:00 PM UTC 18Scientists have discovered that midshipman fish may hold the key to the evolution of vocal communication
Tuesday, Oct 16, 2012 4:39 PM UTCSometimes being mad is a good thing. An Oxford scientist suggests we should all learn to act a little crazy
Saturday, Oct 13, 2012 5:00 PM UTC 78A recent study reveals what man's best friend has going on upstairs
Friday, Oct 12, 2012 6:08 PM UTC 21Our senses, and the brain centers that control pleasure, are easily fooled by expectations -- and price
Sunday, Sep 30, 2012 8:00 PM UTC 22Science and technology keep advancing. But too many of us stubbornly cling to outdated ways of looking at the world
Tuesday, Sep 25, 2012 3:42 PM UTCNew Yorker contributor and former executive editor of the Economist Anthony Gottlieb answers his critic
Friday, Sep 21, 2012 10:48 PM UTC 18Scientists have traced the region of the brain responsible for intense overeating
Friday, Sep 21, 2012 8:33 PM UTCOvereating is bad for our physical health, and new research shows it takes a hefty toll on our memories as well
Friday, Sep 21, 2012 5:51 PM UTCAn English professor measures the brain activity of readers, and finds we respond differently when reading for fun
Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012 4:05 PM UTCNew experiments with mice offer telling clues about the neurobiology of fear
Tuesday, Sep 18, 2012 3:58 PM UTCYouTube now overflows with videos of tykes "reading" books, but whether they should is another story
Wednesday, Sep 12, 2012 4:08 PM UTCInfidelity is about neuroscience, and the brain operations which control the way we value desire, risk and reward
Tuesday, Sep 11, 2012 1:00 PM UTC"Our brains are rather like a city that has existed since ancient times"
Saturday, Sep 1, 2012 8:00 PM UTC 11The idea that paralyzed people might one day control their limbs just by thinking is no longer a fantasy
Thursday, Aug 30, 2012 6:36 PM UTCNew studies suggest structural changes into our third decade, but it may be too soon to tell
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