Picky Eating and Brain Evolution in Butterflies
Brain evolution in the Heliconius butterfly is linked to their specific feeding preferences and foraging behaviors.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Facial Recognition: How Many Faces Do You Know?
By Kate Stone (@GotScienceOrg) It turns out that many of us are better at facial recognition than we realize. For the first time, science has put a number on how many faces people remember and recognize—a staggering 5,000 on average. Researchers from the University of York tested how many individual faces people could recall from among those they knew personally as well as from popular media. And while 5,000 faces is the average number that people seem to know, Dr. Rob Jenkins, one of the researchers, quickly points out, “Our…
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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.
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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 desks are not everyone’s cup of tea. Now, the latest research from Brigham Young University reveals the impact that treadmill desks can have on job performance. So You Want a Treadmill Desk If you are interested in using a treadmill desk at the office, your greatest challenge may be convincing your boss that it will not have a negative impact on your job performance. Some employers worry that standing or…
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