When we are awake, we seem to experience a continuous stream of sensations, reflections, memories, and impressions that make ...

A selection of science-based books from the year that together shine new light on who we are and why we think and act as we do.

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To boost brain power and memory, combine lifestyle changes with active learning. You need to alter your lifestyle and include daily changes, which include physical and mental workouts, sleeping well, ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Many entrepreneurs immediately concentrate on the issues at hand, which makes it more difficult to come up with solutions because you’re ...

What is the relation between the mind (thoughts, perceptions, sensations, emotions) and the physical body? The traditional answer, assumed by all religions that believe in an afterlife, is dualism: ...

Before you dismiss daydreaming as a distraction or a sign of “spacey” thinking, we have news for you: there is a ...

The ideas presented in George Lakoff and Srini Narayanan's The Neural Mind are fascinating, but the writing is far less ...

For many of us, maths as a subject in school was confusing, intimidating, and often dreaded. Yet in the world of brain teasers, numbers seem to transform into something far more intriguing—taking on ...

One evening in 1951 astronomer William Wilson Morgan was strolling home from Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin when he looked up at the night sky and had a “flash inspiration ... a creative intuitional ...