Tag Archives: neuroscience

November 10

From Fear to Fascination: Why We Find Pleasure in Experiencing Horror 

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Why do some people willingly subject themselves to the unsettling world of horror? This article is a deep dive on the neurological basis of fear and why some people find pleasure in experiencing horror.

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September 01

Mind Over Matter: The Effect of Positive Mindsets on Performance and Well-being

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This article highlights the fascinating effects that positive mindsets and self affirmations have on human performance and well-being.

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August 17

How to Save a Life

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How can we help people suffering with suicidal thoughts better?

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June 29

Headbang It Out

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Learn how your favorite rock and roll music could help you process emotions by understanding your brain’s basic responses

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June 22

Sounds Familiar: How music can evoke memories in healthy brains and in cases of neurodegeneration

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This article discusses how sensory cues such as music can evoke autobiographical memories, and examines how music evokes memories differently in people with neurodegenerative diseases.

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June 01

Science meets Serenity: Benefits of Sauna Use on the Brain

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The reason that saunas have been used for thousands of years and across the world, is because of their profound and proven health benefits. Heat exposure has been proven to have phenomenal effects on our bodies, and some of the most fascinating of those effects are the health benefits that heat exposure has on the human brain.

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May 25

The Brain’s Self

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What are you to your brain?

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April 20

This is your brain on drugs: how cannabis products affect the brain and body

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How do Cannabis products affect the brain and body?

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March 30

Good Vibrations: Inaudible Sounds Can Increase Dancing

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What is that feeling that we get in our body when we listen to EDM or lower-pitched music in general, and what causes it? It turns out, based on a study by Daniel J. Cameron and others, that it is possible for low-pitched inaudible sounds to directly cause people to move and dance more even though they can’t even hear it. This article further describes this phenomenon and explains the nueroscience behind why we feel music and move more when we listen to low-frequency sounds.

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March 23

Clearing the fog around brain fog

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When was the last time you forgot where you kept your keys, or blanked out on someone’s name during an important conversation, or got distracted and abandoned an important task? While everyone might have faced these problems on more than one occasion, chances are that for most of us, these events are few and far […]

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