Understanding the human brain clock & related neuroscience
From Medical News Today on Flipboard
Meditation and music listening programs have shown promise in improving measures of cognitive and memory in adults with…
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From BBC Future on Flipboard
Daydreaming has a bad reputation, but neuroscientists are beginning to realise that a wandering mind is not only typical – it might be beneficial.…
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Here is a fun brain teaser from puzzle master Wes Carroll. Tipping the Scales Question: The top two scales in the image at the right are in perfect…
A Window into Human Communication Editors: Kraus, N., Anderson, S., White-Schwoch, T., Fay, R.R., Popper, A.N. (Eds.) Provides a…
The risks of reading the brain: @russpoldrack weighs up the promise and limitations of advances in neuroimagery
Scientists at DESY have set up the world's most precise 'metronome' for a kilometre-wide network. The timing…
According to a new study, musicians have the edge when it comes to reaction times for auditory, visual and tactile processing.
Are you intelligent — or rational? It's appealing to think that "all it takes is a lot of practice," but the factors behind elite performance are more complicated than that.…
There is a new expert survey out which, amongst other things, queries the world's top psychometrics experts on the future of the FLynn effect (Flynn + Lynn – clever). James…
The Flynn Effect is important to understand; it is better understood now than ever before, but there is more to research; and it is probably more limited in its…
Some feel that spontaneous thought occurring without specific stimulation is closest to understanding how we define ourselves. These seemingly random self-produced…
Small study suggests long-sought biological marker for brain injuries. A test that records the way the brain processes sound might provide a simple…
From Technology, a Flipboard magazine by Flipboard Newsdesk
Something of a sleeper hit, the makers of Peak — a subscription-based service specifically designed to entertain a user while…
Have you ever wondered why a strange piece of music can feel familiar—how it is, for example, that you can predict the next beat even though you've never heard the…
A new study led by UNC School of Medicine researchers concluded that patterns of white matter microstructure present at…
From BuzzFeed on Flipboard
Therapeutic geometry porn. 1. Breaking down the surface area of a sphere. It all makes sense now. 2. How sine and cosine are related in 3D coordinates.…
President Barack Obama fist-bumps the robotic arm of Nathan Copeland during a tour at the White House Frontiers Conference at the University of Pittsburgh, Oct.…
Some feel that spontaneous thought occurring without specific stimulation is closest to understanding how we define ourselves. These seemingly random self-produced…
A bit over four years ago I wrote a glowing review of Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow. I described it as a "magnificent book" and "one of the…
New test uses brain's electrical activity to pinpoint reading challenges early, increasing chances for success in school 
