Mind : Science World Report

Dec 08, 2016 03:05 AM EST

Pessimism: Being Negative Is Not Good For The Heart, Can Cause Heart Disease

Pessimism may cause heart disease and other fatal diseases.

Nov 21, 2016 03:20 AM EST

Science Of Intuiton: When Should We Trust Our Gut Instinct?

When making difficult decisions, people are often confused on whether they should follow their gut instinct or not.

Dec 30, 2015 04:19 PM EST

5 Breakthrough Medical Treatments in 2015

What medical advances happened in 2015? There were a lot of them! Here are five great ones.

Oct 26, 2015 08:31 AM EDT

How to Drive a Cockroach: Scientists Discover Key Neurons that Control Movement

Scientists may have found the key to mind controlling a cockroach. They've identified neurons in a cockroach's brain that control whether the insect walks slow or fast, turns right or left, or downshifts to climb.

Oct 23, 2015 04:17 PM EDT

Computer That You Can Control Using Your Mind Is On The Way

In a recent study, a team of reseachers developed a technique that can allow them to create a computer that you can control with your mind.

Aug 18, 2015 08:21 AM EDT

Retinal Changes May Provide Clues About The Progression Of Schizophrenia

Though researchers are still discovery new information about schizophrenia, which is associated with both structural and functional alterations of the visual system, including specific structural changes in the eye, new findings published in the journal Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, show that t...

Jul 08, 2015 01:14 PM EDT

People Who Imagine Food Smells Weigh More

Could the ability to imagine the smell of your favorite foods increase obesity risk?

Jun 12, 2015 10:31 AM EDT

Hormone That Differentiates Between Sugar, Artificial Sweeteners May Exist In Humans

New findings published in the journal Neuron specifically studied how the brain of a fruit fly differentiates between the two. As fruit flies and humans share about 75 percent of the same disease-causing genes, researchers believe that the distinct molecular machinery that presents in both the guts ...

Jun 12, 2015 07:51 AM EDT

'Contagion' Of Calm Helps Woodlice Cohesion, Dispersion

Calming down excited neighbors isn't too difficult. In fact, it's actually contagious for some creatures, including woodlice, an isopod crustacean with a rigid, segmented long exoskeleton and fourteen jointed limbs. Though they're not always so easily seen, these animals like to hang out under stone...

Jun 08, 2015 04:12 PM EDT

Gun Violence May Hurt The Mental Health Of Young Children

The exposure to gun violence may ultimately take a toll on the mental health of young minds.

Jun 01, 2015 05:59 PM EDT

Aging May Affect Our Ability To Make Decisions

Can aging affect our ability to make decisions? New findings published in the journal Cognition reveals that aging, which is also associated with cognitive function, can disrupt our ability to sometimes make more complex decisions pertaining to politics or economics.

May 07, 2015 04:43 PM EDT