Emotional resilience is a powerful tool in life. It can help you stay present under challenging circumstances and remain positive during stressful days. But to cultivate it, we need to understand how ...

The human brain is a remarkable piece of machinery for its ability to control various functions throughout your body, from managing your heart rate to regulating your emotions. We don’t fully ...

1.Human brains remain half-awake when sleeping somewhere else for the first time. How does it do that? One hemisphere remains more awake than the other. In a study from Brown University, they found ...

The brain is the most complex organ in the body. Scientists think that human brains are actually shrinking over time. Contrary to the popular myth, you actually do use most of your brain. Your brain ...

Popular culture abounds with “facts” about the brain, such as we only use 10 percent of it (false); it weighs three pounds (true); it consumes as much energy as a 20 Watt light bulb (true); it shrinks ...

“Facts First” is the tagline of a CNN branding campaign which contends that “once facts are established, opinions can be formed.” The problem is that while it sounds logical, this appealing assertion ...

A shared set of systems in the brain may play an important role in controlling the retrieval of facts and personal memories utilized in everyday life, new research shows. Scientists say their findings ...

It's a myth that we use only 10% of our brains. However, you're not alone in buying into this. A survey done about 10 years ago found that almost two-thirds of Americans shared this misconception.

Popular culture abounds with “facts” about the brain, such as we only use 10% of it (false) it weighs three pounds (true), consumes as much energy as a 20 Watt light bulb (true), shrinks with alcohol ...