What secrets does the human brain hide? Latest discoveries in neuroscience & cognitive science and unbelievable facts about the human brain
Images can be real or they can be an illusion. This is a widely understood idea that had sparked curiosity for ages. This topic is not about hallucinations, it is about seeing one image and filtering out the other. For instance, if two faces were superimposed over one another, you…
Is consciousness after death possible? As shown by the largest study to date on near-death experiences, there is a possibility that conscious awareness can be maintained for a few minutes after clinical death. Clinical death Before the modern advances in medicine, death was defined as the cessation of cardiac and…
A 24-year-old woman has unknowingly lived without a cerebellum in her brain. How is it even possible to have a normal life with part of one's brain missing? About a month ago, a woman walked into a hospital in China to get an examination, having grown concerned after a month…
Are you ready for the brain-to-brain communication? Well, it seems that science is one step ahead of you. Collective intelligence is already a fact, it is real. Yes, humans can speak to each other without pen, paper or even the Internet. The interesting part about this idea is that we…
Predicting the future can mean saving ourselves from many misfortunes. Sometimes predicting the future can tell us what we can expect and whether or not we can change these circumstances. If the future of the human condition could be predicted, then we would have the ability to stop illnesses and…
Psychological research has long been fascinated with how humans learn and retain memories. As a result of this fascination, research has revealed some amazing facts about learning and memory. 1. Recalling Memories Changes Them This is bad news for the expert eyewitnesses. Research by Neuroscientist Daniela Schiller, has shown that…
Depression, anxiety and PTSD disorder - these conditions have one thing in common. They are built upon negative memories, sometimes even highly traumatic events called emotional associations or Valences. These Valences are directly responsible for reminiscence but in the negative form. Social anxieties and other disorders grow as the negative…
“A daydream is a meal at which images are eaten. Some of us are gourmets, some gourmands, and a good many take their images precooked out of a can and swallow them down whole, absent-mindedly and with little relish.” Dreams have been at the center of Psychology’s most profound questions,…
