It may even cause changes in the brain, according to a new report published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Scientists mapped separate brain areas for the five senses. Findings reveal a shared neural pathway when focusing on only one of the senses.

A large-scale scientific collaboration has compared two major theories about consciousness. The study, published in Nature, ...

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Thus, having lower-than-normal brain development, as shown in the teens in lower-opportunity areas, or larger-than-normal parts of the brain due to inflammation caused by obesity, can both be harmful.

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They discovered that flashes of insight trigger a burst of activity in the brain’s hippocampus, a cashew-shaped structure ...