Our brains are famously flexible, or “plastic,” because neurons can do new things by forging new or stronger connections with other neurons. But if some connections strengthen, neuroscien...
Smell sensitivity varies over the course of a day, new research suggests.
To learn something fast and make the skill stick, train for 20 minutes past the point of mastery.
Whether it’s better to brag or to be humble can depend on what perception you seek to change and whether the truth will ever come to light, research suggests.
Volunteers who started an experiment feeling neutral about certain faces ended up unknowingly adopting the feelings that scientists induced via an MRI feedback technique, say researchers.
A simple new method for assessing dehydration from diarrhea, which kills hundreds of thousands of children each year worldwide, has proven accurate and reliable.
