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Brain breaks help children by replenishing attention, improving learning, and boosting creativity. But, it turns out we might all benefit from giving our brains more downtime. Here’s why.
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How Your Brain Keeps You From Running Into Walls
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A special part of the brain helps you juggle multiple activities at the same time.
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A Brief History of Smelling Salts
Smelling salts, an old remedy for fainting, are now used by some athletes to trigger alertness. Neurologist Erin Manning explains how they work.
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The Nature of Seeing: How the Brain Constructs the Visual World
Michael Buice from the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, explains how our brains construct the visual world that surrounds us.
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How Powerful Illusions Reveal Coding In Your Brain
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Karen D. Davis: How Does Your Brain Respond to Pain?
Everyone experiences pain — but why do some people react to the same painful stimulus in different ways? And what exactly is pain, anyway?
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Seeing Beyond the Visual Cortex
Research could lead to new rehabilitative therapies when the visual cortex is damaged.
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Can Hearing Loss Predict — or Lead to — Cognitive Decline?
Possible links between impaired hearing and loss of cognitive abilities raise the tantalizing possibility that restoring hearing could slow cognitive decline.
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