What secrets does the human brain hide? Latest discoveries in neuroscience & cognitive science and unbelievable facts about the human brain
A protein in the retina of the human eye can perceive magnetic fields. So humans seem to have a kind of magnetic 'sixth sense'. This was discovered by researchers at the Medical School of the University of Massachusetts, led by neuroscience and neurobiology professor Steven Reppert, who published their study in…
You might have noticed that you don't always remember your dreams. On some nights, you can have incredibly vivid dreams that you easily remember when you wake up. On other nights, you get out of your bed without having even the tiniest fragment of a dream in your mind. Why…
The phrase is French and means "already seen". The deja vu phenomenon describes an experience in which, for a few seconds or fractions of seconds, we feel that something we are experiencing at the moment has already happened in the past. Some people experience it every day, others very rarely,…
A research team in California, U.S., tried to give a more common sense explanation to the prophets' visions of angels described in the Old Testament. A team from the Research Centre for Out-of-Body Experiences argues that these metaphysical visions might indeed have taken place but could have been a product of…
The ancient legend that humans have a mystical sense organ – the so-called third eye – have deep and strong roots in eastern culture. In the esoteric European traditions, there is no mention of the third eye. In many Hindu legends and myths about this unusual organ, it is referred to as an indispensable feature of…
You know that sex is good for your health, confidence in your relationship, etc. But did you know that it makes your brain work better? The more often you have sex, the better and faster your brain works. At least, this is what a recent scientific study conducted at the…
We all have dreams every night and yet we know so little. What are the facts about dreams: What do they mean? Can we control them? Where do dreams come from? I bet you've pondered this many times in your life. Dreams come during the REM stage of sleep. This…
At least once in our lives, we all have done or said things that gave us a strong impression that it had happened before. What games does our brain play with us? Certain phenomena of the mind are particularly difficult to explain and continue to puzzle scientists to this day.…
