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This Video Explains All the Ways You’re Sleeping Wrong

Mind Sciences Network — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 21:28:55 +0000

By Eric Ravenscraft Most of us are pretty terrible at sleeping. Whether it’s hitting the snooze button too much orusing screens before bed, you’re probably doing something that’s not great for your sleep. This video explains all the ways you’re sleeping wrong, and what to do instead. The video, from YouTube channel You’re Doing […]

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Brain Tricks – This Is How Your Brain Works [VIDEO]

Mind Sciences Network — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 21:25:59 +0000

Ever wonder how your brain processes information? These brain tricks and illusions help to demonstrate the two main systems of Fast and Slow Thinking in your brain. Written and created by Mitchell Moffit (twitter @mitchellmoffit) and Gregory Brown (twitter @whalewatchmeplz). Brain Tricks – This Is How Your Brain Works

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What It’s Like to Have Severe Sleep Paralysis

Mind Sciences Network — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 21:18:14 +0000

Sleep paralysis is a phenomenon that occurs either upon falling asleep or awakening and is thought to be a mix-up of normal REM sleep.

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Brain’s Response to Meditation

Mind Sciences Network — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 21:00:19 +0000

How much meditation does it take to change your brain and relieve stress?

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Taking a Trip Through the Brain

Mind Sciences Network — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 20:48:01 +0000

A new imaging tool developed by Boston scientists could do for the brain what the telescope did for space exploration.

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Think Your Conscious Brain Directs Your Actions? Think Again

Mind Sciences Network — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 22:03:08 +0000

Think your deliberate, guiding, conscious thoughts are in charge of your actions? Think again.

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Enter the Matrix: The rise of brain-computer interfaces

Mind Sciences Network — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 23:49:01 +0000

Teams around the world are looking to take brain-machine interfaces further – from controlling helicopters to controlling the expression of our very DNA.

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Yoga News: Brain Training and Stress-Reduction with Muse

Mind Sciences Network — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 22:56:45 +0000

Muse is a brain fitness tool that detects and measures brain activity through guided focused-attention training exercises designed to help consumers manage stress, increase focus, and enhance composure.

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Boost Creativity with Electric Brain Stimulation

Mind Sciences Network — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 22:47:19 +0000

Cases of savant syndrome have inspired an electrical brain stimulation technique for boosting creative insight.

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Zap Your Brain to Health with an Electrode Cap

Mind Sciences Network — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 22:42:34 +0000

Future medications for brain disorders could be delivered through electrodes rather than pills.

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