EPFL scientists propose a new way of understanding of how the brain processes unconscious information into our consciousness. According to the model, consciousness arises only in time intervals of up to 400 milliseconds, with gaps of unconsciousness in between. The...
There are six components to an apology -- and the more of them you include when you say you're sorry, the more effective your apology will be, according to new research. But if you're pressed for time or space, there...
The number of connections reaches a maximum at the age of 25 for both genders. Unnamed call records, gender and age information of 3 million mobile phone users from a European country were used to provide a probabilistic interpretation about...
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can alter our language processing, allowing for faster comprehension of meaningful word combinations, according to new research. How the human brain processes the words we hear and constructs complex concepts is still somewhat of a...
The fluctuations of your heartbeat may affect your wisdom, according to new research from the University of Waterloo. The study suggests that heart rate variation and thinking process work together to enable wise reasoning about complex social issues. The work...
Watching a lot of TV and having a low physical activity level as a young adult were associated with worse cognitive function 25 years later in midlife, according to an article published online by JAMA Psychiatry. Few studies have investigated the...
16 percent of users unfriended others during Israel-Gaza conflict in 2014 Leaving politics at the door when talking to friends is a great rule for maintaining a friendship, but that may not be the case when it's a virtual door...