Tag: Brain
Go Ahead, Write in the Margins—It’s Good for Your Brain
September 19, 20253 min readWriting in Your Books Is Good for Your Brain—Here’s WhyAnnotating the margins of books is an important part of deep...
New Research Shows Gut Cells Communicate Directly with the Brain
This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors.Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s...
Mondays Really Are More Stressful on the Brain and Body
For decades the term “Monday blues” has been shorthand for the collective groan that greets the start of each workweek. It’s also well...
Measles Death Shows How Virus Can Hide in the Brain for...
September 12, 20253 min readChild’s Death Shows How Measles in the Brain Can Kill Years after an InfectionA child in Los Angeles County...
Daniel Yon Explains Why Your Brain Is a Brilliant Illusionist
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.You probably think you’re listening to my voice right now. But what if I...
Newfound ‘Reality Signal’ Helps the Brain Tell Imagination from Real Life
Picture an apple, any apple.As long as you don’t have aphantasia—the inability to visualize things in your mind’s eye—this suggestion triggers brain activity...
Bruce Willis’ wife Emma says he is in great health but...
Paul GlynnCulture reporterGetty ImagesEmma Heming Willis, the wife of retired US actor Bruce Willis, has spoken for the first time publicly about how...
Harshvardhan Rane’s Brain Goes Exam Mode During No-Shoot Days | People...
Mumbai: As he’s got a break from shooting, actor Harshvardhan Rane said that the brain wants to use the day for the “next...
How Scientists Finally Learned That Nerves Regrow—Even in the Adult Brain
Billions of nerve cells send signals coursing through our bodies, serving as conduits through which the brain performs its essential functions. For millennia...
How Sleep Cleans the Brain and Keeps You Healthy
You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis.A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared...
