Travis White Why We Fail To Reach Goals: Our Brains Begin With One Focus, But Closing The Deal Requires Another, Study Suggests Forbes - David DiSalvoAll of us start out after a goal with energy and motivation, so why do we so often fail to hit the target? A new study at the intersection of neuroscience and behavioral science offers a simple but useful
Travis White A new implant for blind people jacks directly into the brain MIT Technology Review - Russ Juskalian Researchers have successfully bypassed the eyes with a brain implant that allows rudimentary vision. “Allí,” says Bernardeta Gómez in her native …
Travis WhiteConsciousness The Mind’s Reality Is Consistent with Neuroscience mindmatters.ai - News In a recent podcast, neurosurgeon Michael Egnor talked with Robert J. Marks about the mind and its relationship to the brain and about different …
Travis WhiteCulture Brain variability could lead to worse executive functioning Inverse - Sarah Wells Being a teenager is rough: your hormones are raging, school work and extracurriculars take up all your time, and your brain is literally transforming …
Travis WhiteAlzheimer's Disease Microdosed LSD: Finally A Breakthrough For Alzheimer’s Disease? Forbes - Abbie RosnerAfter decades of effort and untold millions invested in the search for an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s, the disease remains unchecked and rampant. Most recently, the New York Times reported that
Travis WhiteNeuroscience Disease and the brain's dark energy nature.com - Dongyang Zhang, Marcus E. Raichle Brain function has traditionally been studied in terms of physiological responses to environmental demands. This approach, however, ignores the fact …
Travis WhiteNeuroscience New evidence of gut-brain connection in Parkinson's disease newatlas.com - By Rich Haridy A new paper published in the journal Nature Neuroscience is adding weight to the growing hypothesis suggesting the toxic protein clumps that cause …
Travis WhiteScience Researchers find a western-style diet can impair brain function The Guardian - Ian Sample Science editorConsuming a western diet for as little as one week can subtly impair brain function and encourage slim and otherwise healthy young people to overeat, scientists claim. Researchers found that after seven
Travis WhiteConsciousness Neuroscientists discover 'engine of consciousness' hiding in monkeys' brains Live Science - Rafi Letzter A team of researchers has found an "engine of consciousness" in the brain — a region where, in monkeys at least, even a little jump start will make …
Travis WhiteDementia How bilingualism can hold back a flood of Alzheimer's symptoms newatlas.com - By Nick Lavars A long line of research projects have found a range of benefits of bilingualism when it comes to the brain, from shortening recovery times from …
Travis WhiteConsciousness How to Make the Study of Consciousness Scientifically Tractable scientificamerican.com - Tam Hunt Strangely, modern science was long dominated by the idea that to be scientific means to remove consciousness from our explanations, in order to be …
Travis WhiteLanguage Learning The Bilingual Brain by Albert Costa review – the science of learning The Guardian - Patrick McGuinnessA third of the way through this absorbing and engagingly written book, Albert Costa describes a family meal: “The father speaks Spanish with his wife and his son, but uses Catalan with his daughter. The
Travis WhiteCentral Nervous System HBP researchers in Spain identify neurons capable of coordinating functional networks in the brain - News humanbrainproject.eu Each mental event or voluntary motor act is the result of the simultaneous activity of large groups of neurons in several areas of the brain far from …
Travis WhiteThe Brain Emotional & Physical Pain Are Almost The Same - To Your Brain Forbes - Nicole FisherWhether you’ve been told ‘no thank you’ for a job opportunity, become estranged from a partner or friend, or even been unfollowed on a social media or dating site, your brain has to process being rejected.
Travis WhiteThe Brain Researchers find a "consciousness switch" deep in the brain newatlas.com - By Loz Blain There's an incredible amount we don't understand about the workings of the human body and brain, and consciousness itself remains one of the great …
Travis WhiteAnimals A spider's web is part of its mind, new research suggests Mother Nature Network - Bryan Nelson It might mean that spiders possess an extraordinary kind of consciousness. Spiders are creepy-crawlies that tend to elicit some of our most extreme …
Travis WhiteConsciousness What is consciousness? sciencefocus.com - Sara Rigby To discover what makes us self-aware, researchers from around the world are going head-to-head in a grand competition to determine where …
Travis WhiteThe Brain Neuroscience study finds evidence that meditation increases the entropy of brainwaves psypost.org - Eric W. Dolan New research suggests that the brain displays a similar pattern of chaotic activity during meditation as it does during the psychedelic experience. …
Travis WhiteLeadership The Neuroscience Behind Habit Change Forbes - EllevateIn her 2006 memoir, Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert writes about a friend who exclaims when she sees a beautiful place, “It’s so beautiful here! I want to come back here someday!” “It takes all my powers,”
Travis WhiteThe Brain Brain scan study links social anxiety to an empathy "imbalance" Inverse - Ali Pattillo We all know the feeling: You are in a group of people, and suddenly, someone messes up big time. You cringe, wince, and look away — if it were you, …
Travis WhiteHumanity Epilepsy Treatment Side Effect: New Insights About the Brain U.S. News & World Report - Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Though Genette Hofmann is still using her brain, last month she donated a bit of it — to science. Hofmann needed the surgery — her …
Travis WhiteBooks The Bilingual Brain by Albert Costa review – enlightening and astonishing The Guardian - Tobias JonesWe’re less instinctive and kneejerk in a foreign language, more able to be utilitarian and cold-headed Over the past century, perceptions of bilingualism have swung from one extreme to the other. For of
Travis WhiteThe Brain People Born Blind Are Mysteriously Protected From Schizophrenia VICE - Shayla LoveIt was something Tom Pollak had heard whispers about—an odd factoid, referred to now and again, usually with bewilderment: No person who was born blind has ever been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Over
Travis WhiteConsciousness Bernardo Kastrup: Consciousness cannot have evolved mindmatters.ai - News There. Computer engineer and philosopher Bernardo Kastrup just said it; it’s the title of his recent piece at Institute of Art and Ideas. According …
Travis WhiteBooks Figuring by Maria Popova review – distillation of a lifetime's reading The Guardian - PD Smith“We spend our lives trying to discern where we end and the rest of the world begins.” Maria Popova is best known for her insightful and eclectic website Brain Pickings, an exploration of what she reads
Travis WhiteNeuroscience How Does a Mammalian Brain Forget? scientificamerican.com - Diana Kwon Our memories are imperfect. You can probably recall who you spoke to over dinner last weekend but have likely forgotten the details of the …
Travis WhiteHumanity Understanding the Brain dailynous.com - Justin Weinberg That thought is offered up by Grigori Guitchounts, a Ph.D. student in neuroscience at Harvard University, in an article surveying some current brain …
Travis WhiteThe Brain Quanta Magazine Quanta Magazine - Jordana Cepelewicz Researchers have discovered a surprising mathematical relationship in the brain’s representations of sensory information, with possible applications …
Travis WhiteAutism Researchers Link Autism To A System That Insulates Brain Wiring NPR - Jon HamiltonScientists have found a clue to how autism spectrum disorder disrupts the brain's information highways. The problem involves cells that help keep the traffic of signals moving smoothly through brain circuits,
