Think about a conversation you had recently. Could you tell when it was going well or poorly? How did you know whether...
If you have played contact sports, there is a small chance that you have heard about Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy...
What happens to your appetite when you’re stressed? Do you reach straight for the ice-cream and chips? Well, many of us...
The brain is the control centre of our body, and has to treat information coming from everywhere. To do this, it has to...
Think about how often you search your messy room for lost objects, or search the fridge for a snack. Visual search is...
To study the brain, scientists can use a machine called an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scanner. An MRI scanner...
Brain-computer interfaces measure the electricity produced by the brain and translate it into commands that are sent to...
Seeing someone in pain triggers a specific brain response, which some may call "pain empathy". In the present article...
When we are mentally or physically unwell we can take medication to improve it. When we are mentally unwell we can also...
We wanted to know if language grew from gestures, or movements of the body to communicate. We studied gestures and...
Did you know that while reading this your brain is sending off chemical and electrical signals to help you understand...
The skin is a touch-sensing organ that grows and thickens from birth to adulthood. The touch-sensing cells of the...
