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Searching for the Source of Consciousness
Watching a movie, smelling the roses, feeling the warmth of the sun—these are seemingly simple things we experience all thanks to consciousness. Yet where exactly does consciousness come from? The brain—obviously—but for psychological scientist Geraint
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Hungry people ‘have clearer picture of food-related words’
Yahoo! India: Famished people tend to see food-related words more clearly than people who’ve just eaten, a new study has revealed. The study finds that this change in vision happens at the earliest, perceptual stages
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Teen Alcohol Use: The Damage And Where To Get Help
WUSA 9: Adolescents feel less sedated after consuming alcohol when compared to adults. So teens can drink more alcohol, because they are able to stay awake longer. When a young person drinks alcohol, his
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Broken hearts really can be painful
Zee News: New Delhi: “Broken-hearted” is not just a metaphor as researchers have now revealed that social pain and physical pain actually have a lot in common. In the study, Naomi Eisenberger of the University
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Optogenetics: Stranger Than Fiction
It sounds like a science fiction movie: Scientists integrate the photoreceptive properties of light-sensitive algae into rat neurons. The result? A rat whose brain can be controlled by light. As crazy as it seems, this
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Behavioral Science at the Speed of Light
Scientists have long studied the brain as a way of connecting mind to behavior, of linking a person’s inner life to the outer world. And they have used many different methods to explore this connection
