Neuroscientists studying the shifts between sleep and awareness are finding many liminal states, which could help explain the disorders that can result when sleep transitions go wrong Yasemin ...
When you skip sleep, your brain becomes desperate for maintenance. On my last day at work a few years back, they gave me a going-away party, and it turned into something more like a roast. One of the ...
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You Don’t Get Your ‘Adult’ Brain Until Your 30s
A new study finds that brain changes are not a steady progression; instead, distinct neural rewiring occurs around ages 9, 32, 66, and 83.
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What happens in your brain when your mind goes completely blank — neuroscientists say it’s a distinct mental state
On any given day, your thoughts leap from one subject to another — your grocery list, a deadline, a song stuck in your head. But sometimes, they stop altogether. You stare at the screen. The page. The ...
On a cutting surface inside a Scaife Hall laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh, Julia Kofler examines a brain, pointing out its weight, tiny specks of fatty plaque and other features visible ...
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