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This Secret Persuasion Mind Trick Might Just Work [VIDEO]
Richard Wiseman of In 59 Seconds demonstrates a simple, yet powerful, persuasion mind trick. It is pretty clever, actually. Researchers discovered when volunteers were asked for a large favor immediately, most refused. But when asked for smaller...
The Reason You Forget a Name As Soon As You Hear It [VIDEO]
The brain is a complex thing. Have you ever wondered how your memory works? The short answer: Your brain encodes stuff! The problem with that though? Not everything is encoded. Which is why you forget a name as soon as you hear them. Watch this vid...
Study Finds Striking Similarities in Human and Dog Brains
Guess what? You and your dog are pretty similar. But you already sort of knew that already right? Except, now there's scientific evidence to show that they could be just like us - according to brain scans that is. According to a new study from Eötvö...
Our Brains Now Process :-) As A Human Face
Our brains now process emoticons too. A study in Social Neuroscience posits that emoticons have begun to reshape our brains. Of course, not all emoticons are made equal. When a human views another human's face—even if it's upside-down—a particular p...
DARPA's Futuristic Brain Implant Will Restore Lost Memories [VIDEO]
DARPA is working on a project to create a brain implant for soldiers that can restore memories lost due to head injuries. The implant would be placed inside a soldier's brain to record memories as they happen, and in the case of brain injury, the ...
Music Can Have a Brain Bending Hijacking Perception Effect
Can tunes hijack our perception? Turns out it may be able to. Music can have a brain-bending effect on how we process the days of our lives.Composer Jonathan Berger wrote a recent essay in Nautilus and went into detail about some of the most confoun...
The Seven Myths of the Brain Debunked [VIDEO]
There are so many things we think we know about the brain, but aren't true. Just what are they? Buzzfeed rounds up a couple to debunk seven myths about the brain from some recent research. Check it out after the jump.Our favorite: LISTENING TO CLAS...
Will Playing Video Games Make You Smarter? [VIDEO]
Can video games make you smarter? Can it train hand eye coordination? More and more studies are finding that casual gaming can have a positive effect such as boosting memory and motor skills. ASAP Science discusses the topic in detail in this new v...
Scientists Make Superheroes of People by Blasting Their Brains with Ultrasound
Want to improve sensory abilities? All you need is a detailed map of the brain, an ultrasound gun and a willing patient. The idea is simple: fire ultrasound waves at a particular part of the cerebral cortex.The idea was developed by the folks from V...
How Sugar Affects The Brain [TED ED]
Is sugar a more harmful drug than cigarettes and alcohol? What is it about sugar that makes our brains tick? We find all of that out in this TED-Ed as Nicole Avena explains how it affects our brains. Hit the jump to watch the video.
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