Mind & Brain
The brains of people with excellent general knowledge are more efficiently wired
Tag one of your #trivia-nerd friends.
If you want to find your passion, keep a first-person perspective on life
What we experience sometimes doesn't fit with what we think about ourselves -- keeping a first-person perspective helps cut through that.
A warm bath 1-2 hours before bedtime helps improve sleep quality, meta-analysis shows
It definitely can't hurt your chances.
Healthy lifestyles can offset the genetic risk of dementia by 32%
Healthy body, healthy mind.
The hunger hormone is involved in episodic memory in rats, new research finds
Rats with artificially-reduced ghrelin signaling showed impaired performance in an episodic memory task.
Ignoring distractions or temptation is harder when you’re tired, stressed, or trying to remember something
The best course of action in such situations is simply to avoid places that could make you 'sin'.
How science can help you sleep better at home
Sleep is a weird thing, but science is trying to help us make sense of it.
The brain rewards new information like it does food, money, or drugs
A new study explains our tendency to overconsume digital information whether its social media or clickbait.
Are brain games mostly BS?
Playing brain games may only make you better at playing brain games.
Simple meditation app can make people more attentive in less than two months, new study finds
An 'East meets West' success story.
New app could bring cognitive therapy to your pocket
"It's kind of like cognitive therapy in your pocket -- but a little different and a lot faster," the authors say.
Do stress balls really work?
You seem them in every corporate office but do these squishy foam balls actually relieve stress?
Heavy coffee drinkers can smell its aroma much easier than other people — and it seems tied to craving
Mmmm, good bean juice make brain go fast.
Around one-quarter of those who meditate experience unpleasant symptoms — we don’t know why
The subconscious is long and full of terrors.
New ‘brain training’ game could help you wean off of excess added sugar
Sweet, sweet research.
High-sugar diet might make food less enjoyable, promoting obesity
Eating lots of sugar makes us fat. It also deadens sweet buds, fueling a vicious cycle.
