neuroscience
Scientists Scanned People on DMT Inside fMRI Machines. This Is What They Found.
"By altering these [brain] systems we may be able to construct novel worlds of experience, resonating with the DMT experience."
Why Does Thinking Hard Make Me So Tired?
Scientists have proposed a new theory for why certain kinds of mental effort feel so draining.
How Pupil Size Can Reveal What Is—Or Isn’t—Happening in Your Mind
A new study looked to the eyes for a potential test for aphantasia, or the inability to conjure up imagery in the mind.
People Can Tell How Fast Your Heart Is Beating Just by Looking at You
Participants in a new study could correctly match a person to their heartbeat just by watching a video of their face, raising questions about how we sense what others are feeling.
The Search for Meaning in a Mysterious Brain Signal at Death
Research on a surge of gamma wave activity at death has been cited as proof your life flashes before your eyes before you die; in truth, no one knows exactly what it means.
When Opioids Are the Cure to Depression and Psychache
While an overdose epidemic tears through the U.S., some users have found that opioids work as antidepressants. Is there a safe way to use them?
Scientists Discover 'Time Cells' In the Brain That Enable 'Mental Time Travel'
A new experiment probed how the human brain encodes and processes the flow of time.
This DJ-Slash-Scientist Made a Club Just for Baby Fish
Rebecca Poulsen, known by her DJ name BeXta, led new research into the audio capabilities of zebrafish.
Scientists Are Repeatedly Fucking With Snails’ Memory
Neuroscience à la escargot is a promising area of research.
What Waking Up in a Friend’s Body Does to Your Mind
Body illusions can give a person the experience of inhabiting another's body. When that happens, we learn just how much the physical self can influence the way we think and feel.
Researchers Now Know Just How Many Thoughts You Have in a Day
The discovery of "thought worms" can also help detect when one thought ends and another begins.
Brain Science Is Ignoring Left-Handed People
"It’s one of these 'rules of thumb' that people learn when they start doing neuroscience, that including left-handed individuals is bad.”