Nostalgia Pain Relief: Viewing Images From Childhood Reduces Pain Perception
Ever noticed that looking at photos of good times with family or friends diminishes the pain of your headache? Nostalgia has already been shown to…
Ever noticed that looking at photos of good times with family or friends diminishes the pain of your headache? Nostalgia has already been shown to…
MIT neuroscientists have developed a computer model that can answer that question as well as the human brain. The human brain is finely tuned not…
Children are having difficulty recognizing faces that are partially covered by masks. This could potentially impact social interactions with peers and educators, as well as…
New analysis suggests the relaxing phenomenon reduces anxiety in those who experience it. A study has uncovered new evidence linking higher levels of neuroticism and…
Negative labels influence consumer perception of food, study finds. A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but a chocolate chip cookie labeled…
New research indicates that the brain continues to process and respond selectively to stimuli during sleep, particularly favoring unfamiliar voices through distinct brain wave activities…
Individuals with high openness to experience tend to excel in creative tasks and have unique perceptual experiences, such as longer duration of seeing merged images…
Neuroscientists uncover how the brain perceives sensory information – and how this process can malfunction. Jerry Chen’s work at Boston University explores how genetic and…
Smell has the power to transport us across time and space. It could be the sweet fragrance of jasmine, or the musty scent of algae….
A computer network closely modeled on part of the human brain is enabling new insights into the way our brains process moving images — and…
Study: Weak internal connections linked to body shame and weight preoccupation. New research has discovered that the strength of the connection between our brain and…
Coffee drinkers intuitively recognize the pleasure of swallowing a smooth, rich brew versus a watery one. Aside from added cream or sugar, the coffee itself…
Rattlesnakes increase their rattling rate as potential threats approach, and this abrupt switch to a high-frequency mode makes listeners, including humans, think they’re closer than…
Lessons from the pandemic could inform how to deal with other global crises that require collective action, like climate change. Superspreading events have proven to…
Imagined Music and Silence Trigger Similar Brain Activity Imagining a song triggers similar brain activity as moments of silence in music, according to a pair of studies recently…
One of the most important open questions in science is how our consciousness is established. In the 1990s, long before winning the 2020 Nobel Prize…
Researchers report that they have developed a method to combine three brain-imaging techniques to more precisely capture the timing and location of brain responses to…
Scientists have long searched in vain for a class of brain cells that could explain the visceral flash of recognition that we feel when we…