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·June 18, 2025·6 min read

How Memory and Habits Shape Mental Health Outcomes

Despite being rooted in science, evidence-based psychological treatments often fail to deliver lasting results because people forget much of what they learn and struggle to build new habits. A new study highlights the disconnect between what patients remember from therapy sessions and what they implement in real life.

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·May 21, 2025·9 min read

Tiny Brain Folds Linked to Reasoning Skills in Children

New research reveals that small, shallow grooves in the human brain—called tertiary sulci—are closely tied to reasoning ability and brain connectivity in children and adolescents. These uniquely human folds appear to bring critical brain regions closer together, enhancing communication and cognitive function.

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·April 23, 2025·9 min read

Human Eyes See New Color “Olo” for the First Time

Scientists have created a technology called Oz that stimulates individual photoreceptor cells in the human eye to create an entirely new, ultra-saturated color never seen in nature—dubbed olo. Using microdoses of laser light, Oz activates specific combinations of cone cells to generate this vivid blue-green hue, which vanishes the moment the precision targeting is disrupted.

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·April 2, 2025·7 min read

Brain-to-Voice AI Streams Natural Speech for People with Paralysis

Researchers have developed a brain-computer interface that can synthesize natural-sounding speech from brain activity in near real time, restoring a voice to people with severe paralysis. The system decodes signals from the motor cortex and uses AI to transform them into audible speech with minimal delay—less than one second.

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·March 27, 2025·8 min read

Pleasure Loss, Not Cravings, Drives Overeating in Obesity

A new study reveals that long-term high-fat diets reduce pleasure from eating by lowering neurotensin, a brain peptide that boosts dopamine response.

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·December 14, 2024·10 min read

Humans and Neanderthals Interbred 47,000 Years Ago

New research refines the timeline of interbreeding between modern humans and Neanderthals, showing it began about 50,500 years ago and lasted roughly 7,000 years. This gene flow left non-African populations with 1-2% Neanderthal ancestry, contributing beneficial traits like immune resilience and skin pigmentation.

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·December 12, 2024·6 min read

Do Animals Really Understand Fairness?

New research challenges the idea that animals share humans’ sense of fairness, suggesting their reactions to unequal rewards stem from unmet expectations rather than inequity aversion. In the largest meta-analysis to date, researchers reanalyzed data from 23 studies across 18 species and found no strong evidence of jealousy or fairness aversion in animals.

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·October 11, 2024·5 min read

Helping Kids Fact-Check in the Age of Misinformation

New research suggests exposing children to limited misinformation online can improve their skepticism and fact-checking abilities. By encountering controlled false claims, children develop critical thinking skills essential for navigating the digital world. In a study, children exposed to unreliable information became more diligent fact-checkers compared to those in more accurate environments. Researchers argue that equipping kids with online literacy skills is more effective than shielding them from all misinformation.

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·February 14, 2024·6 min read

Amplifying Stereotypes: The Lasting Impact of Gender Bias in Images

Visual content on platforms like Google Images reinforces gender stereotypes more strongly than textual content. This pioneering study indicates that online images not only display a stronger bias towards men but also leave a more lasting psychological impact compared to text, with effects still notable after three days.

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·August 30, 2023·7 min read

Bats Navigate Social Life with Brain’s GPS

Bats use the same neurons for social navigation as they do for spatial navigation. The study involved wireless neural recording and imaging of groups of Egyptian fruit bats flying in a large room.

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·August 21, 2023·7 min read

Decoding Music from the Mind

Researchers played Pink Floyd's “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1,” to patients, recording the brain's electrical activity. The objective was to reconstruct what the patients were hearing.

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·July 19, 2023·8 min read

Unraveling the Puzzle of Consciousness: Key Brain Region Discovered

Researchers have potentially identified a brain region where images are retained during our conscious perception, a significant step towards understanding consciousness. This breakthrough study focuses on the phenomenon of unilateral neglect, where stroke victims lose conscious awareness of half of their perceived surroundings, despite being able to react emotionally to the full scene.