Smart, calm, and distant? Rethinking empathy and IQ
In a crisis, the smartest person in the room often looks calm. Is that cool head a lack of feeling,…
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Turn Off an Eye, Teach the Brain to See
What if the way to help a weak eye is to switch it off, briefly, then let the brain reintroduce…
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The brain doesn’t finish at 25. Policy should stop.
Policy loves round numbers. Biology does not. The neatest myth in modern drug debates is that brains “finish” at 25….
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What Your Brain Smells Before You Know You Like It
The instant you catch a whiff of coffee or smoke, your body is already making moves your mind has not…
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Three rare gene variants sharply raise ADHD risk, study finds
In a country where medical records and newborn blood spots have quietly powered some of the world’s largest psychiatric studies,…
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Why Flashed Faces Look Grotesque: The Brain’s Split-Second Trick
Stare at a tiny cross between two celebrity portraits, and within seconds their faces seem to buckle and warp into…
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Why A Cat’s Purr Can Calm The Human Mind
The sound starts as a gentle tremor against your ribs, a metronome you can feel more than hear. A minute…
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Inside the First Recorded Brain Waves of a Dying Human
The moment between life and death has long been a fog of folklore, faith, and guesswork. Now, in a rare…
