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In February 2007 the Supreme Court heard a case that hinged on about 15 minutes of video evidence from two police vehicles’ dashboard cameras: footage showed…

Consciousness researchers studying “islands of awareness” have found that disconnected brains likely sink into a strange form of deep sleep

Increasing activity in a deep-brain region can boost the immune system’s response to vaccines—and people can be trained to do it themselves using the power of…

Does string theory—the controversial “theory of everything” from physics—tell us anything about consciousness and the human brain?Outside of the theory itself being devised by conscious humans…

No one likes to do something they find unpleasant. Who among us hasn’t put off icky things such as a tedious work assignment, a fridge deep…

Congratulations, you’ve reached the final day of the Brain Health Challenge! Today, we’re asking you to do a few things that might feel a bit out…

Welcome back! For Day 4 of the challenge, let’s do a short and fun activity based around a concept called cognitive reserve. Decades of research show…

The 5-Day Brain Health Challenge A sharper, more resilient mind starts here. Friday Make 5 Appointments Today, you’re going to do perhaps the single best thing…

An Australian-first study has strengthened evidence that intimate partner violence can cause lasting brain injuries, leading to memory loss, learning changes and other long-term cognitive problems.A…

Welcome to Day 2 of the Brain Health Challenge. Today, we’re talking about food.Your brain is an energy hog. Despite comprising about 2 percent of the…