Picky Eating and Brain Evolution in Butterflies
Brain evolution in the Heliconius butterfly is linked to their specific feeding preferences and foraging behaviors.
Tag: memory
Vitamin D: Is It the Newest Brain Food?
A new study on brain health has made a connection between individuals getting more Vitamin D and a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease.
How Does EMDR Therapy Work?
Eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy helps people with PTSD by changing the way their brains remember traumatic events.
How a Special Smell Triggers a Memory
Does the smell of freshly baked cookies make you think of your grandmother’s house? Neuroscientists call this an associative memory.
Humor Helps You Remember
Bringing humor to the news may be a perfect combination for encouraging people to remember information and then share it with people they know.
News Told with Humor More Likely to Be Shared
How often do you share funny news stories? New research suggests news with humor in it is more likely to be both shared and remembered.
Facial Recognition: How Many Faces Do You Know?
By Kate Stone It turns out that many of us are better at facial recognition than we realize. For the…
When We Are No More: How Digital Memory Is Shaping Our Future
When We Are No More imagines a time in which human life is no more, but all the knowledge produced by humans is preserved in digital form.
How to Ask Your Boss for a Treadmill Desk
The adverse effects of sedentary office work have given adjustable desks, standing desks, and treadmill desks new attention, but treadmill…