If the idea of making small talk at a crowded happy hour sounds terrifying to you after a year of social distancing you’re not alone. Nearly half of Americans reported feeling uneasy about returning to in-person interaction regardless of vaccination status. The...
What is revenge bedtime procrastination? After a productive day you eat dinner, do chores…and binge watch your favorite series. Before you know it, bedtime has long passed leaving only a few hours to catch some sleep before the cycle begins again. Revenge...
Neuroscientists have discovered a phenomenon that they can’t explain Specific groups of neurons reliably fire when their owner smells a rose, sees a sunset, or hears a bell. These representations—these patterns of neural firing—presumably stay the same from one moment...
FDA approves first new Alzheimer’s disease drug in nearly 20 years The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of the experimental drug aducanumab for Alzheimer’s disease. CNN looks at this drug that was developed for patients with mild...
New brain implant turns visualized letters into text Our brain generates a specific pattern of electrical activity when we move, sense or speak. For decades, scientists have been connecting those impulses to machines, not only to understand and treat brain diseases...
