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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·April 12, 2025·5 min read

          What Are Thoughts? Exploring the Mystery of the Mind

          The nature of thought remains one of philosophy's greatest mysteries, with deep implications for neuroscience and artificial intelligence. Two main theories compete: materialism, which sees thoughts as brain states, and dualism, which holds that thoughts are non-physical entities. While neuroscience has mapped correlations between brain activity and mental states, it cannot yet explain how physical matter gives rise to conscious experience.
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          ·August 5, 2024·5 min read

          Hurts to Think: The Unpleasant Truth About Mental Effort

          New research suggests that mental exertion is often associated with unpleasant feelings such as stress and irritation, challenging the notion that people enjoy mentally demanding tasks. A meta-analysis of 170 studies found a consistent link between mental effort and discomfort across diverse populations and tasks. Interestingly, this aversive effect was less pronounced in Asian countries, possibly due to different cultural attitudes towards education. Despite the discomfort, people still engage in challenging tasks for potential rewards, indicating that the motivation may lie in the benefits rather than the effort itself.
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          ·October 20, 2022·3 min read

          Weight Change in Early Parkinson’s May Be Tied to Changes in Thinking Skills

          People who lost weight soon after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease had a more rapid decline in thinking skills compared to those who maintained their normal weight. Those who gained weight had a slower decline in cognitive skills.
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          ·October 8, 2022·4 min read

          Being Absent While Awake: How Mind Blanking Helps Us Understand Ongoing Thinking

          When our minds go blank, the brain enters into a similar mode as it does during deep sleep.
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          ·September 16, 2022·4 min read

          Talk With Your Hands? You Might Think With Them Too!

          Constraining hand movements affects the processing of object-meaning, a finding which supports the theory of embodied cognition.
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          ·August 11, 2022·4 min read

          Why Thinking Hard Makes You Tired

          Extended intense cognitive work causes potentially toxic byproducts to build up in the prefrontal cortex. This alters control over decision-making, causing a shift toward low-cost actions that require less effort as cognitive fatigue sets in.
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          ·August 10, 2022·4 min read

          Brain Scans Reveal the Hidden Shape of Thinking and Predict Students’ Learning Better Than Test Scores

          Neuroimaging study reveals brain changes in students are better indicators of learning than test scores.
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          FeaturedPsychology
          ·July 28, 2022·4 min read

          Put Down Devices, Let Your Mind Wander

          Rather than spending your free time browsing through social media or staring at your cell phone, researchers suggest taking a moment to just sit and think. Spending time alone with your thoughts can help problem-solving, enhance creativity, and improve overall well-being.
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          ·July 20, 2022·3 min read

          Do Benefits of Physical and Mental Activity on Thinking Differ for Men and Women?

          Greater physical activity was associated with greater thinking speed reserve in women, but not men. Taking part in mental activities was associated with greater thinking speed reserve in both men and women.
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          ·August 11, 2021·6 min read

          Problems in Thinking and Attention Linked to COVID-19 Infection

          A new study finds a relationship between declines in cognitive performance and attention, and the severity of respiratory symptoms COVID-19 patients experienced. Those with more server COVID symptoms fared worse on cognitive tests, specifically associated with reasoning and problem-solving.
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          ·July 25, 2021·8 min read

          Thinking Without a Brain

          Physarum polycephalum, a brainless slime mold, uses its body to sense chemical cues in its environment and performs complex calculations, similar to what humans consider to be thinking, to decide on the direction to grow based on the information presented.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·December 19, 2019·4 min read

          Changes in the immune system explain why belly fat is bad for thinking

          Less muscle mass and increased body fat may affect cognition as we age. The link between body mass and declining fluid intelligence may be attributed to different types of white blood cells.
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