American psychologist Joseph Jastrow made this illusion in 1899 – to make a point about how the brain perceives what is in ...

Cross-crawl exercises are said to help ‘balance’ the brain hemispheres and improve coordination. It turns out, there's truth here. These movements involve alternating motions of opposite limbs ...

An international research team, hailing from the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy, Ruhr University Bochum, Medical School Hamburg and partners in Germany, Canada, Switzerland and Turkey, analyzed ...

Scientists have long known that the brain's visual system isn't fully hardwired from the start—it becomes refined by what ...

This optical illusion puzzle is leaving the internet seriously stumped as it's asking people to spot the hidden farmer in a cow's head - but you only have eight seconds to do so ...

The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the cerbrum contains less than 20 percent of the neurons in our brain. Eighty ...

When pain strikes from multiple sources-such as a paper cut followed by contact with hot water-the experience can feel ...

If hearing an old song or getting a whiff of freshly sharpened pencils instantly carries you back to high school, you’re familiar with the link between your senses and memory. W ...

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Scientists have long known that the brain's visual system isn't fully hardwired from the start-it becomes refined by what ...