Learning to Drive: Guide To Mastering This Skill
Most of us had to learn how to drive- albeit at different ages under different circumstances such as snow and ice or extreme heat […]
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The Male Brain: Demystifying the Divinely Devised Differences
Male Brain. While women don’t often understand or agree, men have—since the dawn of time—had different instincts, emotions, and approaches to situations. Although these […]
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Fear: Everything you need to know about being scared
In the famous words of Franklin Roosevelt, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself!”, but what exactly is fear, what does […]
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Stockholm Syndrome: A complete guide to this curious syndrome
Everyone has heard of those stories of women who don’t leave their abusive husband because they love them or the girls who get kidnapped […]
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Why We Need Closure: Your Brain on Grief
“I just need to know what happened.” This is the sentiment of many who have lost someone. After a tragedy like a plane crash, […]
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Retrograde amnesia: Forgetting your past completely
Imagine forgetting everything from the past decade and being completely unable to recall those years. In this article, we will find out what retrograde […]
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Tongue Twisters and Communication: How the Brain Learns Languages
Have you ever wondered how the brain learns languages? Why are we able to communicate so easily? How is it that we can formulate […]
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Stages of Grief: Complete guide on what stages to expect when grieving
Everybody grieves at some point in their life… but what is grief? What are the different stages of grief? How does grief affect the […]
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Mindfulness can change your brain? Find out how it relates to brain shape
Mindfulness occurs when your mind is at peace with what is present and you fully conscious of what is going on around you. Similar […]
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Non-Native Accent in the Job: The Problems
In a world that is becoming smaller and smaller, a mix of different cultures becomes more prevalent in our job and also our private […]
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Nucleus Accumbens: What is it, functions, anatomy, diseases.
The nucleus accumbens is a brain structure that is part of our pleasure and reward system. It activates our motivation and allows willpower to […]
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Triangular Theory of Love: How Does Love Develop?
The Triangular Theory of Love was developed by Robert Sternberg in 1986. It states how love can be described in three components which form […]
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Limbic System Functions: Limbo With Your Limbic System
Your limbic system functions range from regulating your emotions to storing your memories to even helping you to learn new information. Your limbic system […]
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Korsakoff Syndrome: inventing memories to compensate forgetfulness
Korsakoff syndrome is a memory problem that is usually due to alcohol abuse or overly restrictive diets that lead to vitamin deficiency. Find out […]
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Hippocampus: the orchestra director in the deepest part of our brain
Hippocampus. Have you ever gone blank and forgotten what you were going to say? Our brain is full of important data and information that […]
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Bullying and the Brain: The Neuroscience of Bullying
As a young, school-going kid there are a lot of things that are rights of passage- your first invite to a birthday party, your […]
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Brain structure of infants predicts language skills at one year
Brain structure of infants predicts language skills at one year. Using a brain-imaging technique that examines the entire infant brain, researchers have found that […]
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Mouse brain cells activated, reactivated in learning and memory
Mouse brain cells activated, reactivated in learning and memory. Neuroscientists have for the first time shown individual mouse brain cells being switched on during […]
Continue reading »Newborn neurons, even in the adult aging brain, are critical for memory. Newly generated neurons in the adult hippocampus are critical for memory retrieval, according […]
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