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The Mechanisms Behind Why We Struggle With Multitasking
The brain works best with one job at a time, but daily life calls for multitasking, causing a “bottle neck” in the brain.
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Finding the Heartbeat of Human Creativity in the Brain
Jazz musician Pat Metheny and neuroscientist Charles Limb find a common note in the keys of improv.
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Are People Really "Morning Larks" or "Night Owls"?
Our sleep schedules aren’t simply personal preferences — they’re innate, biological predispositions that affect our physical and mental health.
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How Poverty Shapes a Child's Mind and Brain
A growing body of research now shows that poverty changes the way children’s brains develop, shrinking parts of the brain essential for memory, planning, and decision-making.
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Is It Dangerous to Wake a Sleepwalker?
The idea that waking a sleepwalker could give them a heart attack or cause brain damage is a myth. But try not to wake them if you don’t have to.
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Do Antidepressants During Pregnancy Affect Fetal Brain Development?
The risks of antidepressants during pregnancy are minimal — and they pale in comparison to the risks of not treating depression.
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Can You Learn in Your Sleep?
Learning new information isn’t quite so easy as popping in headphones and passively listening to taped lectures while you slumber — not yet, anyway.
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How Eating a High-Fat Diet Affects My Brain
Regularly consuming fatty foods sets off a chain of events in the body that increase the risk of stroke.
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Visual Aphantasia: Memories in Words
People with aphantasia are incapable of forming mental images.
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Sleep Paralysis: The Night Hag
The terrifying experience is not paranormal activity but a common neurological phenomenon.
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How Neurons Make Muscles Twitch
Every step you take, every move you make, motor neurons play a role.
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The Plastic Brain
The brain’s impressive capacity to adapt and remodel itself peaks in childhood.
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The Teen Years
Environment and experiences in the teen years guide development of some of the human brain’s more complex functions.
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