The way you breathe can influence your brain’s ability to form long-term memories, writes Clara Lenherr.
Tag: brain
What makes us human may come down to the way our neurons process information
Clara Lenherr explores the newly discovered human-specific characteristics of neurons and discusses how the uniqueness of human neurons brings into...
How brain cells repair their DNA reveals “hot spots” of aging and disease
The brain is the organ responsible for our personality, consciousness and ability to process our surrounding environment. It, quite simply,...
Why we should be more concerned about maternal stress during pregnancy
Marie Poirot reports on a University of Edinburgh study which highlights the connection between stress during pregnancy and the development...
Zombie neuroscience: it’s all about the braiiiiins
Ellie Bennett uses neuroscience to explore what has gone wrong in the zombie brain to make them the lumbering, flesh-hungry...
You are what you eat: is cannibalism a good idea?
Cannibalism in Brazil, engraved by Theodor de Bry, 1655. Image credit: Wellcome Library, London. CC BY 4.0. During lockdown I,...
An Alien in Our Sea: A look at the intelligence of an octopus
Image credit: Elisabetta Lando In 2016, one of my favourite sci-fi films Arrival was released, and – mild spoiler alert...
Time for an upgrade? Exploring human neural enhancement
Image credit: Aytuguluturk, Pixabay When considering neuroprosthetics and brain-machine interfaces, cyborgs and sentient robots may come to mind – part...
The brain is overrated: a look at cognition in slime mould
Historical, scientific and philosophical adventure into the nature of consciousness seems to have, nine times out of ten, made the...
