Brain

The Explanation of Tired – Part of Your Sleep-Deprived Brain Has Checked Out (Even if you don’t know it)

Blog, Brain, Live Better | May 24, 2013 | Eric

Finally, the answer to why your brain doesn’t work when you’re tired.

Who Is That Voice in Your Head? The Origin of Consciousness

Brain, Origins Of: | March 22, 2013 | Chipwalter

So when you are talking to yourself, who exactly is doing the talking, and who is doing the listening? Because there is only ONE “you,” right? Or is there? What is the origin of consciousness, …

The Cure for Your Aging Brain?

Blog, Brain, Live Better | January 14, 2013 | Chipwalter

computer generated image of the human brain in blue tones

By Chip Walter Your brain isn’t getting any younger. You know that, right? It happens. And if you have an aging parent or grandparent, you have witnessed the sad results. Memory grows less sharp. Short …

The Brain in the Machine

Brain | November 27, 2012 | Jen

Why have we failed at building a viable electronic brain? The devil’s in the details. The human brain is more than just a lump of neurons wired together – and that’s why we aren’t able …

Hungry Neurons Make You Hungry

Brain, Live Better | August 16, 2012 | Jen

You’re not reading a circular definition – cannibalistic cells might be thwarting your diet. It’s called autophagy (literally “self-eating.”) By dismantling the precious biochemical building blocks that make up neurons, the body snags a short-term …

Politics Affects How We Perceive Temperature

Brain | July 30, 2012 | Jen

The latest casualty in “perception is reality”: weather. The political storm that surrounds AGW (Anthropogenic Global Warming) has trickled down into how Americans perceive temperature: The results show that not all weather events are created …

Can We Put A Price on Mental Health?

Brain, Human2Human | July 24, 2012 | Jen

It’s a common phrase in lawsuits: “For pain and suffering.” But are we doing people a favor by awarding them huge financial settlements? Or should we instead award them good mental health care? Recently released research …

Emotional Decision Making

Brain, Human2Human | May 23, 2012 | Jen

Brain chemistry and emotions play key roles in daily decision making.

Waterboarding Doesn’t Work

Brain, Human Bizarre | May 18, 2012 | Chipwalter

Research on “enhanced interrogation” techniques prove to attain the opposite result for the interrogators.

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