Can psilocybin make you more creative?
A double-blind study has shown that psilocybin does not immediately enhance divergent or convergent creativity, but it does enhance…
Category: Neuroscience
Going under anesthesia as a teen may change how alcohol affects you
Adolescence, anesthesia, and alcohol: a recipe for a captivating new study. Is anesthesia in adolescence affecting our relationship with…
Seizures may exacerbate brain tumor growth
German research team discovers a new connection between brain tumors and epileptic seizures!
Poor sleep found to predict depression symptoms in pre-teens
Can poor sleep predict depression symptoms up to a year later in pre-teens? New research supports this hypothesis.
Does science have anything to say about cancel culture?
Whether it’s cartoons, advertisement strategies, rappers, or even podcasts, in the last few years Americans have been speaking out and…
Oxytocin slows down aging in lonely prairie voles
Loneliness ages you faster. But hormones can help! A recent study shows that oxytocin prevents cellular aging in lonely prairie voles.
Telling people they’re getting a placebo does not stop it from working
Does giving a placebo require lying to a patient? This study concludes...no! Placebos still work even when the patient knows, at least for…
Diet and exercise can shape how your mind ages
Dementia is a condition that many of us are all too familiar with within friends and family. Dementia itself is a blanket term that…
Spend a lot of time online? It may affect your sleep.
In a study conducted by Taiwanese scientists with female college students, they showed that internet addiction has a negative impact on…
Electrical stimulation may delay Parkinson’s disease progression
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, meaning that brain cells will continuously die off as the illness…