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What is aphantasia?
A small percentage of the population has aphantasia, meaning they're unable to visualize using their mind's eye. Learn about this condition and the neuroscience behind it.
'Ancient' part of the brain tells you when to stop eating, study suggests
Neurons found in one of the oldest regions of the brain may control when we stop eating a meal, new research in mice hints.
People who can't 'see with their mind's eye' have different wiring in the brain
People with aphantasia still generate brain activity when attempting to visualize, but that image may be getting lost in translation, a new study suggests.
Why are recurring dreams usually nightmares?
Recurring dreams may feature taking a test the dreamer didn’t study for, having to make a speech or being attacked. Here's why our sleeping brain comes back to these unpleasant dreams again and again
Faster brain aging tied to X chromosome inherited from Mom
Female mammals typically carry two X chromosomes — one from each parent — and a new study suggests that the maternal X is linked to faster brain aging.
What is CTE?
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a degenerative brain disease linked to repetitive head trauma. Here's how it affects the brain and who is most at risk.
There's a speed limit to human thought — and it's ridiculously low
Human brains take in sensory data at more than 1 billion bits per second, but only process that information at a measly 10 bits per second, new research has found.
Why time slows down in altered states of consciousness
In "time expansion experiences," time typically appears to expand by many orders of magnitude.
