The Brain

Shrinking Brains

August 30, 2011

Our brains shrink by up to 15% over our lifetimes, but those of chimpanzees do not.

August 26, 2011

FEAR, LIES & SHRINKING BRAINS - Why our brains shrink, but chimps' don't, why computers are …

August 23, 2011

Age-related working memory loss may be at least partly reversible.

August 3, 2011

Soccer goalies tend to dive toward the right when their team is behind.

August 2, 2011

One area of the brain becomes active when we experience beauty.

July 22, 2011

THE BRAIN & SOCIETY: How the brain experiences beauty, what soccer reveals about the mind, and …

July 5, 2011

A type of spontaneous brain activity seems to create favorable conditions for remembering things.

July 1, 2011

A failing grade for fat substitutes, a master regulator gene for fat, a brainwave that helps control …

June 28, 2011

The retinas of people who have been deaf from birth enhance their peripheral vision.

June 22, 2011

Evidence from ancient teeth suggests that most Neanderthals were right-handed, like us.