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Pareidolia explained: Why we see faces in everyday objects - Interesting Engineering
Interesting Engineering· 6 days agoFace pareidolia is the brain's tendency to see faces in random objects, like clouds. But why does...
Trying to save money? Our research suggests paying in cash – while you still can - EconoTimes
EconoTimes· 5 days agoThe shift away from cash only accelerated throughout the COVID pandemic, as health experts...
New Study Shows How The Internet Is Affecting Our Teenagers’ Brains
First for Women via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFor this meta study, researchers analyzed a total of 12 studies. Between these 12, a total of 237...
The #1 Nut to Help You Lose Weight, Recommended by Dietitians
Eating Well via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWalnuts: A small but impressive study looked at people with obesity and how their central nervous...
Sleep and Social Media Impact Youth Brain Development
Medscape· 6 days agoA study of teens revealed distinct interactions between sleep duration, social media use, and brain...
You’re Not Perfect
The Atlantic· 3 days agoIt provokes enormous cognitive dissonance: “This is perfect?” you think (after the brief glow of the compliment wears off). Sooner or later, you’re bound to be confronted with a painful adjustment to the truth.
Viagra may help prevent dementia, Oxford trial finds
Daily Telegraph· 3 days agoThe study, published in Circulation Research, involved 75 people who had experienced a minor stroke and showed signs of mild to moderate small vessel...
Challenging Conventional Wisdom: Scientists Uncover Hidden Waves in Brain Blood Flow
SciTechDaily· 6 days agoAn NIH-funded study challenges conventional wisdom by revealing that blood flow creates waves across the surface of the mouse brain. For the first time, researchers have mapped the entire network ...
How Do We Know When to Pee?
Smithsonian Magazine· 4 days agoScientists estimate, for example, that more than one in ten adults have overactive bladder syndrome—a common constellation of symptoms that includes...
Tricking the Brain’s Inner GPS: Virtual Reality Study Reveals New Brain Mechanisms
SciTechDaily· 7 days agoResearchers have noted grid cell activity in the human brain when self-location illusions are...