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  1. 10% better
    The Imaginative Powers of a Brain on AutopilotJust relax.
    By Kristin Wong
  2. science of us
    Why Is Clock-Drawing Used in Cognitive Tests, Like the One Trump Took?How a simple task tests a wide range of abilities.
    By Dean Burnett
  3. science of us
    What Is My Podcast Obsession Doing to My Brain?I never listen to music anymore, or even simply let my mind wander in silence.
    By Sirena Bergman
  4. How to Speed-Listen to Podcasts Without Confusing Your BrainIf you must do this, here’s the way to do it without sacrificing comprehension.
    By Melissa Dahl
  5. the brain
    Being Forgetful Isn’t Such a Bad Thing After AllThink of it as recording over a VHS tape (if you can remember what those were).
    By Katie Heaney
  6. There Might Be a Biological Reason You Can’t Stand UncertaintyFurther research is needed. In the meantime, try not to worry too much about how little we know for sure.
    By Katie Heaney
  7. the brain
    Growing Up Poor Sparks a ‘Vicious Cycle’ in a Child’s Brain“This is not some liberal bullsh*t.”
    By Melissa Dahl
  8. Writing a Memoir Is a Strange Psychological Trip Through Your PastInsights from people who study autobiographical memory, and people who’ve written autobiographies.
    By Bahar Gholipour
  9. Here’s What Happens to Your Brain in SpaceThings get funky with your motor skills.
    By Cari Romm
  10. The Extreme Secondhand Embarrassment of Watching the OscarsA brief look at the cringe-y feeling you may have had while watching the broadcast.
    By Melissa Dahl
  11. Your Brain Gives Up When Discerning Truth From Lies Gets Too HardA rather bleak forecast for the next four years.
    By Melissa Dahl
  12. The Man Who Was Pretty Convinced the News Was a RerunThis sounds about right.
    By Melissa Dahl
  13. the brain
    Here Is a New and Very Complicated Excuse for Why You’re Always LateThis could work.
    By Melissa Dahl
  14. If You Run Fast Enough You Can Shut Your Mind Up for a WhileA neuroscientist explains the cognitive effects of high-intensity workouts.
    By Melissa Dahl
  15. Brain-Training Games Probably Don’t Work, So Here’s What to Do InsteadThere are ways to improve your cognitive functioning that do not involve staring at a screen.
    By Melissa Dahl
  16. cause of death
    Robin Williams’s Widow Discusses His DementiaHer essay appears in this month’s Neurology journal.
    By Halle Kiefer
  17. A New Theory on Déjà Vu: It’s How Your Memory Fact-checks ItselfStop me if you’ve heard this.
    By Melissa Dahl
  18. Olympic Champions’ Minds Are Quieter Than YoursAll-out effort combined with all-out chill.
    By Melissa Dahl
  19. Some Parts of Your Brain Are Better Than Others at Handling Sleep LossEvery sleep-deprived region of your brain is sleep-deprived in its own way.
    By Melissa Dahl
  20. To Your Brain, Audiobooks Are Not ‘Cheating’A cognitive psychologist on a question that annoys him.
    By Melissa Dahl
  21. Reading Makes You Carsick Because Your Brain Thinks It’s Being PoisonedSo many mixed signals. So much nausea.
    By Melissa Dahl
  22. How Your Brain Reacts When Everyone Laughs at YouYour poor brain. You’re embarrassing it.
    By Melissa Dahl
  23. How Neuroscientists Explain the Mind-Clearing Magic of RunningResearch in neuroscience shows a solid link between aerobic exercise and cognitive clarity.
    By Melissa Dahl
  24. How Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Illustrates the Psychology of Romantic Obsession“It’s over-the-top, because there’s song and dance and magical realism. But, I don’t know — a lot of it doesn’t seem that far-fetched to me.”
    By Melissa Dahl
  25. Why Does Time Seem to Slow Down on Tuesdays?The science of the workweek time warp.
    By Bahar Gholipour
  26. Sometimes Puns Are a Sign of a Damaged BrainIt’s called Witzelsucht, which translates to “joke addiction.”
    By Melissa Dahl
  27. the brain
    What Tasers Do to the BrainA study hints at some serious implications for when suspects should be read their Miranda rights.
    By Tanya Basu
  28. the brain
    A Neuroscientist Explains the Phrase ‘I Just Snapped’Insights from a new book about the brain’s “rage circuit.” 
    By Melissa Dahl
  29. bad science
    Lumosity Must Pay $2 Million Because ‘Brain Training’ Is Not RealIt’s like a personal trainer for your brain! Except, no, it’s not. 
    By Tanya Basu
  30. the brain
    This Study Says Ultramarathoners Have Tinier BrainsExplains a lot.
    By Melissa Dahl
  31. the brain
    Shut Up and Bask in the Silence for a Better LifeIt takes three minutes.
    By Tanya Basu
  32. the brain
    The Neuroscience of Anorexia Reveals Why It’s So Hard to TreatThe behavior associated with the eating disorder is more like a habit than some kind of extreme willpower. 
    By Carrie Arnold
  33. the brain
    Win Your Next Argument by Citing Meaningless NeurobabblePeople tend to find explanations that include references to the brain very convincing, even if those references are mostly nonsense. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  34. neuroscience
    David Eagleman Would Like to Introduce You to Your BrainNeuroscientist David Eagleman wants to make you more conscious.
    By Eric Levitz
  35. the brain
    Remembering 7 of Oliver Sacks’s Most Fascinating Case StudiesRevisiting the famed neurologist’s work after his death this weekend. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  36. the brain
    Some People Can’t Form Pictures in Their HeadsImagine that. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  37. strange cases
    The Man Who Lost His Memory at the Dentist Ten years later, and he still wakes up every morning thinking it’s the day of his root canal.
    By Melissa Dahl
  38. the brain
    How One Brain Came Back From UnconsciousnessA car accident left 19-year-old Dylan Rizzo in a coma. This is the story of the long, perilous crawl to recovery.
    By Stephen S. Hall
  39. atypical
    What It’s Like to Remember Nothing From Your PastNo looking back. Because you can’t.   
    By Melissa Dahl
  40. the brain
    Neuroscientist Shaves Her Head So You Dolts Might Understand How Brains WorkDedication. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  41. memory
    32-Year-Old Woman Wakes Up Thinking She’s 15She was convinced it was 1992. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  42. strange cases
    The Corporate Man Who Became Pathologically GenerousKind of like a real-life Ebenezer Scrooge. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  43. How Exercise May Protect Against Alzheimer’sIt’s all about a hormone dubbed Klotho.
    By Melissa Dahl
  44. strange cases
    The Man Whose Brain Borrowed Nearby IdentitiesAfter a car crash.
    By Melissa Dahl
  45. neuroscience
    What a Neuroscientist Said About Jon Stewart’s BrainComedians may have more in common with rappers than you’d think, for one. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  46. the brain
    You’re Not Losing Your Memory. You’re Just Distracted.The difference between flaky moments of forgetfulness and potential signs of Alzheimer’s.
    By Melissa Dahl
  47. the brain
    Signs You’re Suffering From ‘Dementia of the Preoccupied’A modern (if made-up) neurological ailment. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  48. the brain
    You Are Built to Be KindThe biology of being nice. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  49. the brain
    Creepy Robot Makes You Feel a Ghostly Presence Spooky.
    By Melissa Dahl
  50. the brain
    Partial Lobotomy Cures Man’s ArachnophobiaNow he kind of likes the little guys.
    By Melissa Dahl
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