Octopuses are not only wonderfully strange, but they are also intellectually fascinating. These boneless, shape-morphing, and color-changing creatures have fascinating features such as three hearts, pulsating veins, ink sacs to ward off predators, and an elaborate brain. Researchers recently found yet another exciting thing about octopuses — they sleep, and maybe even dream, just like ...
In a TED Talk, a renowned neuroscientist shared her personal experience with meditation. She revealed that after practicing meditation for a few weeks, she became more peaceful, handled life’s challenges more effectively, exhibited greater compassion and tolerance, and gained a heightened ability to perceive issues from others’ perspectives, attributing these changes to the power of ...
Advanced brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are being developed and these may make it possible to restore normalcy in people affected by paralysis. BCIs acquire brain signals, analyze them, and translate them into commands that are relayed to output devices that carry out desired actions. Brain-computer interfaces do not use normal neuromuscular output pathways. The main goal ...
For most of the last century, the human brain was considered by psychologists to be unchangeable. However, their position underwent a radical change over the past few decades after conducting several experiments on Buddhist monks. Scanning the brains of these monks, scientists began to realize that the human brain is not “fixed,” but meditation can ...
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