Meet the people who literally feel no fear
Fear is hundreds of millions of years old. But some people have the superhuman ability to laugh in its face.
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Your brain might have a specific circuit for political arguments
Almost all political arguments are futile. Here's why.
The brain judges face trustworthiness even when we can’t consciously see it
A new study adds to a body of evidence that suggests the brain is involved in a unconscious process of ...
Mothers teach babies fear through smell
Babies can learn what to fear from the first days of life simply by smelling their distressed mothers, a new ...
Part of the brain subjectively encodes information related to human emotions
Primates are among a couple of mammals that have a dedicated system for processing faces, something that involves a lot ...
MRI shows a decrease in volume in certain brain regions of professional fighters
For decades, there's been significant discussions on how professional fighting affects the brain, but not much scientific progress has been ...