NextSense Wants to Get in Your Ears and Watch Your Brain
For now, that’s the stuff of dreams. What’s real is that on one day in 2019, a patient tucked a bud into each ear, fell asleep, and proceeded to astound…
Life May Actually Flash Before Our Eyes As We Die. Here’s Proof?
An “accident” provided the first-ever recording of a dying human brain (Representative Image)The first-ever recording of a dying brain has brought scientists closer to understanding what happens to the human…
How to Live With Regret (and Learn From It)
Photo: Lensw0rId (Shutterstock) Once upon a time, motivational posters adorning the walls of guidance counselors’ offices and office cubicles told us that “failure is not an option.” But at some…
Why You Need Instant Gratification, According to Science
Photo: Gorenkova Evgenija (Shutterstock) Many of us have goals we want to achieve, whether it’s to eat healthier, work out more, read more books, or other things that we feel…
When Mind Melds With Machine, Who’s in Control?
The last time I saw my friend James was at the townie bar near our old high school. He had been working in roofing for a few years, no longer…
How to Test (and Increase) Your Attention Span
Photo: Andrii Zastrozhnov (Shutterstock) We’ll keep this brief. Over the past few years, you’ve likely seen at least one article claiming that humans’ attention spans are shrinking, to the point…
Can Brain Organoids Be ‘Conscious’? Scientists May Soon Find Out
In 2022 we will see brain organoids displaying dynamics that bear comparison with the complex activity patterns indicative of consciousness in humans. This will require us to rethink what counts…
Earn $2,000 to Test and Review Sleep Products
Photo: Yuriy Golub (Shutterstock) Other than toddlers attempting to avoid naps, if you ask almost anyone else, they’ll tell you that they’re tired—if not exhausted. In addition to constantly being…
Can a Digital Reality Be Jacked Directly Into Your Brain?
1. A young man in a gray flannel robe sits calmly at a table, in front of a featureless black box. He’s wearing a cap that looks like it’s made…
Psychologists Are Learning What Religion Has Known for Years
Even though I was raised Catholic, for most of my adult life, I didn’t pay religion much heed. Like many scientists, I assumed it was built on opinion, conjecture, or…