FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 1, 2021·6 min readWhat Our Wandering Thoughts Can Teach Us About Mental HealthTen minutes of idle thought can tell us a lot about the potential risk of depression, researchers say. Those who tend to ruminate and were more past or negatively focused in their idle thoughts had an increased risk of depression.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 18, 2020·5 min readHow Can You Declutter Your Mind?If you want to conjure a new thought in your mind, you have to force yourself to stop ruminating on old thoughts. The insight could help with the treatment of PTSD and other disorders associated with rumination.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·February 23, 2018·3 min readThe ‘Loudness’ of Our Thoughts Affects How We Judge External SoundsAccording to researchers, the 'loudness' of our internal thoughts influences how we perceive the volume of external sounds.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·February 6, 2018·2 min readCan Over the Counter Pain Medications Influence Thoughts and Emotions?A new study reveals over the counter pain killers may negatively influence information processing and emotional response.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 3, 2017·6 min readMechanism That Helps Us Inhibit Unwanted Thoughts IdentifiedGABA concentration within the hippocampus may predict a person's ability to block memory retrieval and prevent unwanted thoughts from occurring, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·November 3, 2015·4 min readHow Depressive Thoughts Persist and Interfere With Memory in Depressed PeopleFindings have far reaching implications for understanding how depression damages memory, researchers report.Read More