

Remembering Hermann Ebbinghaus
Read this shopping list, and then cover it with your hand: Bread Milk Oranges Peanut Butter Yogurt Pickles Turkey Folders Tissue ...


The Ostrich Effect
First things first: despite any cartoons you might’ve seen, ostriches don’t try to hide from danger by burying their heads in the sand....


Poking at the Omega 3 Mystery
As the first week of the year draws to a close, you may find yourself reassessing those New Year’s resolutions. Is this really the year...


Beautiful Minds
Hollywood doesn’t have the best track record portraying mental illness. From the harmless, almost charmingly quirky weirdos of Benny and...


Putting the Focus on ADHD
Could you have ADHD? If you’re not, say, a hyperactive schoolboy, it’s possible that nobody has ever suggested this to you. However,...


Why Stress Makes Gamblers of Us All
Chronic stress: it’s not just bad for your stress ball budget. Left untreated, persistent stress can create a whole host of problems in...


The Science of "Mini-brains"
StartFragment What makes the human brain so, well, human? It’s not purely a matter of size—from studying the cranial cavities of...


The Left-Handed Brain
What do Babe Ruth, Marie Curie, David Bowie, Barack Obama, and Oprah have in common, other than fame? No, that’s not the start of a...


Phantoms, Magic Tricks and Video Games
In a fair and just world, losing a limb would be the end of feeling any discomfort in that particular region. For one thing, surely at...


The Latest Neuroscience Breakthrough? It's Inside a Mouse's Skull
How much of our social behavior is hard-wired and how much is learned? It’s a huge question. The nature vs nurture debate has raged for...























