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How music can boost connections in our brain
Research suggests that music can strengthen and grow connections in our brain, potentially playing a similar role as language learning.
Neuroscience
What is daydreaming? New research suggests parts of your brain might actually be asleep
Researchers monitored people’s brainwaves against their self-reported states of attention and found that mind-wandering seems to happen when parts of the brain fall asleep while most of i...
Neuroscience
The secret of superagers' memory
A new study has used brain scans to look at why superagers' memory is less affected by ageing and finds similarities to 25-year-olds' brains.
United States
The U.S. has approved an Alzheimer's drug - a 'big day' for patients
U.S. regulators approved Biogen Inc's aducanumab as the first treatment to attack a likely cause of Alzheimer's disease despite controversy over evidence.
Neuroscience
From social bonding to personal wellbeing – here’s why hugging is important
The UK's recent relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions has meant citizens are allowed to hug again. Hugs' relaxing effect has major benefits to our health.
Neuroscience
How neuroethics can advance innovations for positive social impact
Neurotech innovators often conflate neuroethics with legal compliance. But research shows that neuroethical design can be a powerful problem solving tool.
Behavioural Sciences
This is how humans have learned to used tools to solve problems
Researchers at MIT’s Center for Brains, Minds and Machines has discovered that humans need 3 critical capabilities to help solve physical problems.
Behavioural Sciences
Why empathy is good for business – and how to improve it
Empathy can be developed through training. Here's why that makes good business sense - and how managers can start to create more empathetic workplaces.
Mental Health
7 tips for reducing stress
Researchers at Yale University found that ineffectively dealing with stress can reduce our ability to deal with future stressful situations.
COVID-19
COVID-19 is changing our brains. Here's how to boost mental resilience
As lockdown and pandemic stress affect our mental health, there are simple ways to train your brain to be more resilient and feel more positive.
Neuroscience
This is what decades of research tells us about the difference between men's and women's brains
Researchers have been looking for differences in the brains of men and women for decades. However, neuroscientists are still unable to identify any consistent difference.
Neuroscience
11 cognitive biases that influence politics
Cognitive biases can consciously or unconsciously influence our political opinions. These are some of the most common.
Global Health
COVID-19 could make the world of work more inclusive. Especially for those who are neurodiverse
As everyone begins to settle into a ‘new’ way of working, we have an opportunity to consider this as a social experiment at scale and took take the time to identify any benefits.
COVID-19
A sleep expert explains why you're having such vivid dreams during the coronavirus pandemic
People have reported they're having especially vivid dreams since the coronavirus pandemic, and sleep expert believes it could be due to the fact that there's a lot more information and e...
Behavioural Sciences
This is how to make your baby a genius
The way you talk to your baby – and how often you do it – can boost development and vocabulary, research shows.