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Few of us really understand the weird world of quantum physics – but our bodies might take advantage of quantum properties.
If there’s any subject that perfectly encapsulates the idea that science is hard to understand, it’s quantum physics. Scie…
Mindfulness is defined as an attention training, which can benefit health and general well-being. There is a lot scientific research confirming it.
In this article we will present you another type of attention training, called Open Focus. Combini…
A sensational discovery has been made by experts as scientists have found that the human brain is home to structures and shapes that have up to 11 dimensions. Neuroscientists welcome the discovery saying: “We found a world that we had never imagined.”<…
Corporations intent on making employees more engaged and creative are focusing on happiness as the answer. Chief Happiness Officer is an
Solar energy and cosmic radiation have electrical influences over a multitude of human activities including human health. Mainstream science has begun to accept these effects, and to investigate the topic in a serious way, but the science itself is by …
The idea of attempting to concentrate on one object at a time can look impossible for some of us; and actually, it is not possible for some.
With more and more people being diagnosed with attention deficit disorders, busy demands on their lives a…
An Australian biologist Jeremy Griffith has given the long awaited, first principal, biological explanation of the human condition, our capacity for so called ‘good and evil’. With the clarifying, biological explanation for why we humans became competi…
Those who are not familiar with alternative medicine are often surprised by the seldomness of autism in the Amish people. The Amish do not have autism, or most of the other learning disabilities that our modern society suffers with. They live in a plac…
The summer of 2013 found Michael Balzer in good health. A few years earlier, he’d struggled with a long illness that had cost him his job.
As he recovered, he built an independent career creating 3D graphics and helping his wife, a ps…
Everyday living may be such a challenge for those with short-term memory loss. But researchers have now demonstrated that m…
In 2014, the Office of Naval Research embarked on a four-year, $3.85 million research program to explore the phenomena it calls…
If you were to compare yourself to a neutron star, you probably wouldn’t find very many things in common. After all, neutron stars – celestial bodies with super strong magnetic fi…
What makes highly creative people different from the rest of us? In the 1960s, psychologist and creativity researcher Frank X. Barron set about finding out. Barron conducted a series of experiments on some of his generation’s most renowned thinkers in …
Academics from the psychology departments at three universities in South Korea have produced a scale to measure loving-kindness and compassion -- two of Buddhism's four immeasurables, or brahmaviharas.
Loving-kindness (fondness …
The same brain-chemical system that mediates feelings of pleasure from sex, recreational drugs, and food is also critical to experiencing musical pleasure, according to a study by McGill University researchers published today in the Nature journal Scie…
Having a fast or accurate memory recall is certainly something that comes in handy at school when you’re doing something like learning multiplication tables. It can also be useful in the workplace when you’re trying to remember someone’s name.
Wi…
Pervasive neurotechnology is a growing area of neuroscience, developed to enhance the brain’s performance and cognitive health. These technologies are non-invasive, meaning they do not involve surgical procedures or ingesting drugs and tend to be cost-…
Research proves what our parents have been saying all along: Modern pop music really is worse than …
With so much talk about the evidence of the positive effects of yoga and meditation, you might be surprised at what scientific research also says about how art effects the brain.
Long before modern neuroscience, artists were creating works to in…
As we all know, positive thinking can lead to a fulfilling life, but how can we think positive thoughts when the brain is overwhelmed by negative thoughts? How can we feel and think better without the use of stimulants? Can we do it naturally on our ow…
I wish I knew!
Today, there’s a thriving interaction between TCS and physics (mostly centered around quantum computing, but also around, for example, phase transitions in random constraint satisfaction problems). There’s also a thriving interacti…
Whether we're navigating a route to work or browsing produce at the grocery store, our brains are constantly making decisions about movement: Should I cross the street now or at the intersection? Should I reach for the red apple or the green apple? Whe…
Religion and neuroscience are not an obvious pairing. But earlier this week, a study published in Social Neuroscience demonstrated that spiritual feelings activate the neurological reward systems of devout Mormons. The study used fMRI scans to show tha…
A client sits before me, seeking help untangling his relationship problems. As a psychotherapist, I strive to be warm, nonjudgmental and encouraging. I am a bit unsettled, then, when in the midst of describing his painful experiences, he says, “I'm sor…