Flashes of insight trigger activity in the brain’s hippocampus. This cashew-shaped structure is buried deep within the ...

This contrast supports a well-known theory of reading called the dual-route framework, which proposes two distinct paths: a ...

Your brain might be physically changing if you're clocking those extra hours at work each week—and researchers warn it's not ...

Objectives To investigate the effects of overwork on brain structure to better understand its impact on workers’ cognitive ...

Long working hours might not just be bad for you, they could also be altering the structure of your brain, a new study suggests. The research, published Tuesday, found “significant changes” in the ...

People have a lot of misconceptions about what the brain's left and right hemispheres do, but one well-known aspect of this ...

PUSHPA SUNDAR takes a close look at the culture of giving in India and points out the difference between charity and philanthropy Charity defined as the voluntary giving of money to those in need is t ...

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