What makes things cute?
It's obviously kittens. Just stick kittens on everything.
Tag: mind
Your first memory is probably older than you think
We tend to remember ourselves as older than we were during our earliest memories.
Pill for your thoughts: what are nootropics?
A class of drugs that many pin their hopes on, but is still poorly understood.
Ants handle social isolation about as well as humans do — poorly
Social isolation can lead to a lower tolerance for stress, lower interest in socializing and keeping clean, as well as ...
What stress is, how it affects us, and how to handle it
An ancient mechanism meant to keep us alive can overwhelm us in today's world.
Children as young as 4 use ‘cognitive aids’ to simplify thinking
Our tendency to use calendars or smartphones as 'thinking aids' starts in childhood.
More atmospheric CO2 could reduce cognitive ability, especially in children
Students could see a 50% decline in cognitive capacity by 2100 if CO2 emissions don't drop.
When trying out creative ideas, go for your second choice, a new study finds
"We're probably all killing a lot of our best ideas early in the creative process without knowing it," says the ...
We create ‘fake news’ when facts don’t match our biases
Don't believe everything you think
We learn best when we fail around 15% of the time
We like it easy... but not too easy.
Why do we do the things we do? A new study says it comes down to four factors
A new study reports that there are four broad categories for the motivations that drive human behavior: prominence, inclusiveness, negativity ...
Why some people are left-handed
Left-handed people appear to have better verbal skills, but they also have slightly higher risks of Parkinson's and schizophrenia.
Urban parks make people ‘as happy as Christmas’ — at least on Twitter
People who visit an urban park use happier language and express less negativity on Twitter for up to four hours.
The first symptom of Alzheimer’s is excessive sleepiness
Luckily it's not the only one because I already have it. Double helpings.
Healthy lifestyles can offset the genetic risk of dementia by 32%
Healthy body, healthy mind.
Children prefer simple objects over toys because they’re “not limited” to being a single thing
Sometimes, less is more. But for a few years in our lives, less can be everything.
Researchers are looking into giving AI the power of reading soldiers’ minds — to help them in battle
Cool research, even if its purpose is somewhat troubling.
New research sheds light into how our brains handle metaphors
Whether you break an egg or break into dance, our brain handles the word "break" the same.
Time flies as we age because our brains get bigger and less efficient, a new paper proposes
'Clock time' is not the same as 'mind time'.