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Our Bad, Bad Brains: Roundtable Discussion for Brain Games’ Brains Behaving Badly Episode

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 22, 2016

Are humans hardwired for transgressions? Why are some of the brain's most basic instincts considered bad behavior? Why does bad behavior come so naturally to us? National Geographic's Brain Games asks Neuroscience News.... Read More...

FeaturedNeuroscience OpinionsPsychology12 min read

The God Brain: Roundtable Discussion on God and Spirituality for Brain Games

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 15, 2016

Is belief in God innate in our brains, as if it were installed by some divine programmer? Or is spirituality a more complex evolving adaptation that has both helped and harmed us as a species? National Geographic's Brain Games asks Neuroscience News.... Read More...

FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Opinions12 min read

Exploring Brain’s Role in Openness to Religious or Mystical Experiences

Neuroscience NewsDecember 4, 2015

Suppression of the brain's inhibitory functions can result in more of an openness mystical and religious experiences, study reports.... Read More...

FeaturedNeurologyPsychology4 min read

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Ghost Illusion Created in the Lab

Neuroscience NewsNovember 6, 2014

Manipulating sensorimotor input, researchers invoke a 'ghostly' illusion for study participants.... Read More...

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Experiencing Awe Increases Belief in the Supernatural

Neuroscience NewsNovember 25, 2013

Researcher claim awe-inspiring sights could underlie a trigger for believing in the supernatural. ... Read More...

FeaturedPsychology3 min read

The image shows the location of the temporoparietal junction in the brain.

A Fundamental Problem for Brain Mapping

Neuroscience NewsJuly 10, 2013

A new paper takes on brain mapping studies; forcing scientists to rethink the rules of neuroimaging.... Read More...

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Analytic Thinking Can Decrease Religious Belief: UBC Psych Study

Neuroscience NewsApril 26, 2012

A new University of British Columbia study finds that analytic thinking can decrease religious belief, even in devout believers.The study, which will appear... Read More...

Psychology2 min read

Researcher Says Distinct God Spot in the Brain Does Not Exist

Neuroscience NewsApril 19, 2012

Study shows religious participation and spirituality processed in different cerebral regions.Scientists have speculated that the human brain features a “God... Read More...

Psychology2 min read

News

Depression in early adulthood linked to memory loss in your fifties

Researchers point to a common cause in sudden death syndromes

Brain region discovered that only processes spoken, not written words

Neuroscience

Depression in early adulthood linked to memory loss in your fifties

Researchers point to a common cause in sudden death syndromes

Brain region discovered that only processes spoken, not written words

Neurology

Researchers point to a common cause in sudden death syndromes

New study reshapes understanding of how the brain recovers from injury

Inflammation inhibitor blocks neurodevelopmental disorders in mouse model

AI

Brain-inspired AI inspires insights about the brain (and vice versa)

AI and MRIs at birth can predict cognitive development at age 2

A robotic leg, born without prior knowledge, learns to walk

Robotics

The robots that dementia caregivers want: Robots for joy, robots for sorrow

Seeing through a robot’s eyes helps those with profound motor impairments

A robotic leg, born without prior knowledge, learns to walk

Psychology

Depression in early adulthood linked to memory loss in your fifties

African-Americans more likely to be misdiagnosed with schizophrenia

Sports involvement linked to fewer depressive symptoms in children

Our Bad, Bad Brains: Roundtable Discussion for Brain Games’ Brains Behaving Badly Episode

The God Brain: Roundtable Discussion on God and Spirituality for Brain Games

Exploring Brain’s Role in Openness to Religious or Mystical Experiences

Ghost Illusion Created in the Lab

Experiencing Awe Increases Belief in the Supernatural

A Fundamental Problem for Brain Mapping

Analytic Thinking Can Decrease Religious Belief: UBC Psych Study

Researcher Says Distinct God Spot in the Brain Does Not Exist