Every year, far too many people will see their parents and grandparents reduced to a shadow of who they once were — frightened, confused, and forgetful. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) currently affects 5.7 million Americans, making it the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, and the fifth leading cause of death worldwide. [ … ]
Just about every branch of human thought has tried to make sense of the concepts of time and space, whether or not they exist as constants and how accurately our own measurements can represent each. This is all perhaps just part of being human, as a study suggests that we determine [ … ]
Albert Einstein once famously remarked that imagination was better than knowledge, since knowledge is limited. It may sound like a justification of ignorance to some, but a recent study suggests he was onto something. New research in brain imaging conducted by researchers at the University at Colorado [ … ]
In a powerhouse of this size — controlling our day-to-day decisions, motor functions, vision, and nerves — so much depends upon a small gateway, known as the “third eye” for its location between the eyes, nestled just below the center of your forehead. It’s only about the size of a pea, controlled [ … ]
Scientists at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, in the first study of its kind, demonstrated the ability to repress and restore memories in rodents through manipulating their brain waves. It may be surprising to some that rodents are capable of retaining memories to begin with, much less wonder how one goes [ … ]
We often think of our emotions as sudden and fleeting, and we pride ourselves on making our decisions based on reason and logic — not letting our emotions get in the way. The reality is a bit grayer. Our emotions, it seems, are a bit more complex than we think. We respond to them [ … ]
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