Psychology
Learning to Accept Discomfort Could Help You Thrive
Equanimity, a key ingredient of mindfulness meditation, helps people face life’s ups and downs
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Neurology
Man with Parkinson’s Walks Smoothly thanks to an Experimental Spinal Implant
Electrical stimulation to the lower spine has improved the mobility of a man with Parkinson’s disease for the past two years, but researchers say larger clinical trials are needed to assess the device ...
Medicine
Do You Need to ‘Trip’ for Psychedelics to Work as Medicine?
Psychedelic researchers are engaged in heated debate over whether the mind-altering effects of the drugs are necessary for realizing their therapeutic potential.
Cognition
People Pay Attention Better Today Than 30 Years Ago—Really.
A rise in IQs in recent decades is mirrored by a trend showing an increase in adults’ ability to concentrate
Consciousness
Understanding Consciousness Goes Beyond Exploring Brain Chemistry
We can account for the evolution of consciousness only if we crack the philosophy, as well as the physics, of the brain
Psychology
Training Bartenders, Barbers and Divorce Attorneys as Counselors Could Reduce Gun Suicides
Some of the tens of thousands of suicide deaths in the U.S. each year would not have happened if people in the community had been schooled to provide advice about gun safety
Cognition
Rats Use the Power of Imagination to Navigate and Move Objects in a VR Landscape
Experiments visualize a rodent’s ability to imagine the future
Psychology
The Evolutionary Reasons We Are Drawn to Horror Movies and Haunted Houses
Scary play lets people—and other animals—rehearse coping skills for disturbing challenges in the real world
Cognition
‘Olfactory Training’ during Sleep Could Help Your Memory
Participants who smelled odors while they slept performed better on word-recall tests
Behavior
See How Humans around the World Spend the 24 Hours in a Day
A new study calculated the average “global human day,” revealing which activities take up most of our time
