
Brain
Loneliness makes our brains crave people
An area of the brain that lights up when hungry people see food also revs up when lonely people see social activities.
An area of the brain that lights up when hungry people see food also revs up when lonely people see social activities.
Puberty is a time when hormones surge and people develop the ability to have children. But it’s so much more than that.
The brain continues to grow and mature throughout childhood. One big change occurs in which parts of the brain turn on as someone processes language.
Nucleus comes from the Latin term “nuc,” meaning nut or kernel. In science there are lots of nuclei. Every one of them is the center of something.
High school girls and those with a history of concussions appear to take longest to recover.
Scientists refer to a narcotic as a drug that stops pain, but the word can be used in other ways as well.
Being confident can feed a confirmation bias in us, new studies show. This bias can make your brain ignore other people’s ideas and any conflicting information.
Everyone makes mistakes. It turns out that how you view them says a lot about how — and how much — you’ll learn.
Here are 10 tips — all based on science — about what tends to help us learn and remember most effectively.
A comfortable life may sound fun but may not be so healthy in the long run. A study in monkeys shows there may be a ‘sweet spot’ when it comes to stress.