The Amazing Human Brain

A new study finds that a night of heavy drinking may affect people's cognition the next day, including their memory, attention, coordination and even driving skills.

What do these bushy brain cells do?

Researchers explore magnetism in human brains deep inside a remote forest.

What is your first memory?

Scientists have found how aspirin might help prevent Alzheimer's disease by helping cells clear the debris that leads to amyloid plaque formation.

When the gut can't talk to the brain, it might reduce your ability to find places

Drugs like LSD and ecstasy might have a surprising medical benefit

It's not just one, or two, but six different brain networks are thrown into shambles by drug addiction

Any physical exercise will improve thinking, as long as you do it somewhat consistently and stick with it long enough, according to an analysis of 98 previous studies.

The neurons in your colon don't need to be told what to do.

Many people tend to look back on the past with "rose-colored glasses," remembering the good times and the good feelings while forgetting the bad.

The auditory version of the blue/gold dress is dividing Yanny and Laurel camps across the internet.

The researchers have no idea how the memory actually moved from one snail to another, but it happened.

A large mass in a man's brain turned out to have an unusual cause.

Now you see it, now you don't.

Hmmm…no.

Quick bursts of brain activity may be creating false memories while we nap

Schizophrenia may have a special fingerprint in the brain, even before its symptoms fully emerge.

Stoners may not be as forgetful and absent-minded as the stereotype suggests.

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