A new book by the neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod explores the connections between brain biology and political beliefs. By Jennifer Szalai When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our ...

In their book Words Can Change Your Brain, Drs. Andrew Newberg and Mark Robert Waldman describe research they conducted on the harmful impact that negative words have on our brains. They used an fMRI ...

Brain rot was selected by thousands of online voters. But that doesn't necessarily mean they're well-versed in Thoreau's work, particularly his 1854 book Walden, or Life in the Woods , where he ...

The term was first seen in 1854 in Henry David Thoreau's book "Walden." Oxford University Press has officially dubbed "brain rot" its 2024 Word of the Year. Brain rot is defined as "the supposed ...

The Myth of ‘Creative Right Brain’ vs. ‘Logical Left Brain’ The concept that most people fit neatly into left-brain or right-brain categories isn’t really backed up by evidence, says Tworek.

Much of what we see now is fake, and the reality we face is full of horrors. Jia Tolentino writes that more and more of the world is slipping beyond her comprehension.

But Freud’s theory, introduced in his 1899 book The Interpretation of Dreams, ... This result challenges the idea that the brain uses dreams to simulate danger when exposed to trauma.

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The best activities are ones that challenge your mind and foster meaningful discussions with others; think things like book clubs. “Listening to the radio, watching TV is not the same,” he said.

“Brain rot” is the official Word of the Year for 2024, according to the Oxford English Dictionary’s publisher, Oxford University Press.Here’s how that august chronicler of English defines ...