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·October 6, 2022·5 min read

Boost Your Brain With Boredom

Boredom can stimulate creativity and improve problem-solving, all while giving the brain a much-needed rest.

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·May 4, 2021·5 min read

A new study sheds light on how highly sensitive people process information. After experiencing something emotionally evocative, brain activity displayed a depth of processing while at rest. Depth of processing is a key feature of high emotional sensitivity.

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·February 21, 2020·4 min read

The practice of meditation leaves marks in the brain

Three months of transcendental meditation reduced anxiety and resulted in marked changes in connectivity between the precuneus, left parietal lobe, and insula.

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·February 19, 2020·4 min read

Neuroimaging reveals empathy can be detected in people whose brains are at rest

Brain activity while in a resting state can predict how empathetic a person is. Researcher used a combination of neuroimaging data and machine learning to identify subtle patterns in brain activity associated with empathy.

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·September 5, 2018·3 min read

Increased Cortical Activation in Cannabis Users’ Brains During Resting State

Researchers report cannabis users exhibit increased synchrony in cortical regions during resting state than those nonusers. The study also reports cannabis users show greater cortical communication in the frontal regions of the brain.