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What Causes Brain Freeze?
An icy-cool summer delight like ice cream can quickly turn into pure pain, thanks to brain freeze. But why does this happen?
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To Sleep, Perchance to Be Less Hostile
Sleep deprivation puts the brain on high alert, unable to discern a well-natured grin from a threatening scowl.
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The Parenting Brain
From pregnancy to parenthood, child-rearing shapes the brain.
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Your Cursing Cortex
Curses, swears, and cussing are treated in a different way in our brains than our more proper and acceptable speech.
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Night Vision
In the human retina, low-light-sensitive rods outnumber color-sensing cones by about twenty to one.
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The Short Answer: Is the Brain Fully Developed After Puberty?
Your brain changes as you grow, but what happens after the growth spurt? Neuroscientist Nick Spitzer debunks the myth that your brain is done maturing after the teen years.
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Restoring Sight and Sound
It isn’t just your ears that allow you to hear, or just your eyes that allow you to see — it’s your brain.
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Debunked: The 10 Percent Brain Myth
Neuroscientist Nick Spitzer tells you the truth.
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The Eye-Brain Connection
Bundles of extra-long axons transmit signals from eyes to brain.
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Brains and Brawn
Neurons and muscles communicate at specialized nodes called neuromuscular junctions.
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Jamie Hanson: Falling Outside the Norms
Neuroscientist Jamie Hanson encourages scientists to look at people and situations that fall outside so-called societal norms.
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Jamie Hanson: Falling Outside the Norms
Neuroscientist Jamie Hanson encourages scientists to look at people and situations that fall outside so-called societal norms.
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