What secrets does the human brain hide? Latest discoveries in neuroscience & cognitive science and unbelievable facts about the human brain
In the early 1920s, the inventor of the electroencephalogram discovered “alpha waves” which were a specific type of neural oscillation. Scientists later connected these alpha waves to creativity in humans, leading us to today. A recent study in Cortex journal detailed how attaching electrodes to the scalp and sending a…
We all love music. Sometimes all it takes is one song to completely alter our mood and prepare us for the day ahead. But how does it actually do that? What happens when our brains hear the music? Recent scientific studies reveal how music can benefit your brain and what…
Understanding brains is one of the largest research topics within science and with so many different areas; it’s easy to see why the subject is so fascinating to study. The eyes are often said to be the window of the soul, but it’s much more accurate to say that our…
Love is a well-known emotion, but how do you know when you’re actually in love? A recent study carried out on 100 males and females states an MRI scan can actually determine whether or not you are in love. The study illustrated that an MRI shows that the areas of…
Music therapy, or sound therapy, is the therapeutic practice of applying specific sound frequencies to the mind or body of a sick person. Is there any basis behind it? I recently met someone who has made a life out of selling instruments, teaching music theory, and practicing a method of…
Unless you are currently suffering from a Borne Identity type of amnesia, at this moment, you will consciously know who you are, where you are and what you are reading this blog on; but where does this knowledge of ourselves and the world around us stem from? For many years,…
A new study suggests our brain waves may be able to reveal not only the type of movies we like, but also predict which movies will do well; this is why we love science! The study consisted of 32 college students watching 18 movie trailers each. Electrodes were placed on…
It has been found that there are prenatal differences in brains of different sexes, and there is more proof that men and women are wired differently in the brain since some neuropsychiatric disorders have different ways of presenting in children of each sex. It should be noted, however, that sex…
