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Scientists are searching for the physical basis of consciousness and comparing the brain to AI

A familiar smell can instantly bring back a memory from a distant childhood, and a frightening episode from the past...

Focusing on bodily sensations can reduce acute inflammation

Attention can influence not only the perception of bodily sensations but also the body’s biological response itself, in particular, the...

Emotion regulation training reduces stress and changes brain function

Experts from the University of Illinois at Urbana‑Champaign and the Phoenix VA Health Care Center have proven that skills for...

Organs age at different rates

Experts from the CeMM Center for Molecular Medicine (Austrian Academy of Sciences) and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Network Medicine...

How the epigenetic clock works

Scientists from the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California (USC) have taken an important step...

Love of sweets influences decision‑making

A craving for desserts, such as ice cream, candies, chocolate, and pastries, can reveal a lot about how a person...

Scientist reprogrammed his metabolism and became biologically younger

Professor Dean Ho from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore) conducted a unique...

Synchronous bursts of activity help the brain avoid losing information

Scientists from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and their colleagues have discovered how the brain coordinates...

Climbing stairs can reduce the risk of early death

A study by the University of East Anglia and the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital showed that climbing stairs can help...