If you take Facebook as an example, they want to ensure you stay on their platform for as long as possible, and therefore they’re going to try to please you by showing you things you... Читать далее
It’s a subject of active debate within the field. There is some evidence that playing new games - by new I mean things that you haven’t done before - has what’s called a neuroprotective... Читать далее
There is some evidence that, when people fall in love, the brain releases a set of chemicals – such as dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin. These same compounds are also released by... Читать далее
This can be answered in a number of ways. We are biological machines so intelligence is a biological property. It’s not spiritual, or driven by clouds. It’s biology that does... Читать далее
It’s certainly not morally wrong to think about it. If you think it’s morally wrong then you’re getting into some interesting territory about the moral responsibility of computers and... Читать далее
Well yes, food itself does, because you need nutrition for your brain to function properly! “Eat food, mostly plants” as the saying goes – that’s the long and the short of it. Anything... Читать далее
Most of what your brain is doing is electrical, but actually chemicals and hormones play a huge role in the brain. Now obviously that plays a role in emotion, but actually emotion plays a... Читать далее
No. There’s a common belief, based on research by psychologists, that you learn best two to four hours after waking up. I don’t think that’s true, and it’s different for everyone anyway... Читать далее
There isn’t a single place in the brain where memories are stored. We can say that because there’s never been evidence of someone who has damaged a particular part of the brain and lost... Читать далее
Well, no. We do use pretty much all our brain all the time. If you use a brain imaging paradigm like positron emission tomography, where you track blood flow throughout the brain, you see... Читать далее