Study: Unhappiness hurts fiscal health
Are you sad because you're broke, or broke because you're sad?
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Are neuroscientists the next great architects?
The Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture thinks so, and it's spending thousands of dollars to find out
Sunday, Nov 11, 2012 2:00 PM UTCLife Science, Neuroscience, Brain
“Hallucinations”: Seeing what isn’t there
Oliver Sacks explores the strange world of hallucinations, and says they're far more common than we realize
Monday, Nov 5, 2012 2:00 AM UTCEntertainment What to Read, Nonfiction
Eurozone unemployment rises to new record
More than one in four people out of work in Greece
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 6:10 PM UTCNews Neuroscience, Greece
Where does language come from?
How 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 18Life Books, Science, Neuroscience
Singing fish worth listening to
Scientists have discovered that midshipman fish may hold the key to the evolution of vocal communication
Tuesday, Oct 16, 2012 4:39 PM UTCLife Vocal Communication
How psychopaths take over
Sometimes 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 78Life Neuroscience, History
Dogs can do math
A recent study reveals what man's best friend has going on upstairs
Friday, Oct 12, 2012 6:08 PM UTC 21Technology Science, Neuroscience, Pets, dogs
Stop buying expensive wine!
Our senses, and the brain centers that control pleasure, are easily fooled by expectations -- and price
Sunday, Sep 30, 2012 8:00 PM UTC 22Life Robert Parker, Wine, Neuroscience
Facts change, people don’t
Science 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 But too many of us stubbornly cling to outdated ways of looking at the world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 UTCLife Science, Neuroscience
Evolution and the mind: An author’s response
New Yorker contributor and former executive editor of the Economist Anthony Gottlieb answers his critic
Friday, Sep 21, 2012 10:48 PM UTC 18Life Neuroscience, Evolution
Where does gluttony come from?
Scientists have traced the region of the brain responsible for intense overeating
Friday, Sep 21, 2012 8:33 PM UTCLife Mice, Biology, Gluttony
Forgot your keys? It could be your diet
Overeating 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 UTCLife Pacific Standard
Your brain loves Jane Austen
An English professor measures the brain activity of readers, and finds we respond differently when reading for fun
Wednesday, Sep 19, 2012 4:05 PM UTCEntertainment Readers and Reading
Why can’t some of us relax?
New experiments with mice offer telling clues about the neurobiology of fear
Tuesday, Sep 18, 2012 3:58 PM UTCLife Pacific Standard, Neuroscience
Can babies read?
YouTube now overflows with videos of tykes "reading" books, but whether they should is another story
Wednesday, Sep 12, 2012 4:08 PM UTCLife Babies, Neuroscience
Chemistry makes us cheat
Infidelity is about neuroscience, and the brain operations which control the way we value desire, risk and reward
Tuesday, Sep 11, 2012 1:00 PM UTCLife Love and Sex, Infidelity
Touring the brain
"Our brains are rather like a city that has existed since ancient times"
Saturday, Sep 1, 2012 8:00 PM UTC 11Life 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
Thursday, Aug 30, 2012 6:36 PM UTCLife 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
Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012 7:22 PM UTCLife Scientific American, Girls
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