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The Boundary Effect: Entering a New Room Makes You Forget Things

As if we needed a study to tell us this

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‘Oneness’ Feeling Experienced by Monks, Explained

We now have further insights into how monks’ brains are reorganized during meditation.

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Lefties, While No Longer Considered Socially Weird, Are Still Medically Weird

If you’re left-handed, there’s good news. No, sorry, most utensils and tools are still next to impossible to use. But at least your handedness no longer carries a humiliating social stigma. 

Who knows, that cake could contain hunger-fighting ingredients, right?

The Big New Diet Fad: Playing Mind Games With Your Stomach

Want to lose weight? Try playing mind games with your gut.

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Musical Genius: One Doc’s Study of How Improv Impacts the Brain

A Baltimore doc is fusing music with science to see how your brain changes when dropping rhymes.

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Is Your iPhone Killing Your Creativity?

Sure, smart phones and mobile devices help pass the time whenever you have a tedious task to do: standing in line; waiting for the train; working out at the gym. But is the constant barrage of information overloading your brain?

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The Future Is Now: Brain-Powered Prosthetic Limbs

With all of the adverse effects technology has yielded, it’s easy to sometimes overlook the exceptional.  In today’s case, that exceptional advancement comes in the form of prosthetic limbs, wait for it, controlled by its user’s mind.