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How does the brain create mental images? A new study reveals that visual imagination and perception share a common neural code.

When astronauts see Earth from space, something in the brain shifts permanently. Scientists call it the Overview Effect, and the Artemis II crew just experienced it more intensely than any humans in ...

Is wit a sign of evolutionary fitness? A new study explores how "quick-wittedness" and ancient verb-noun compounds shaped the evolution of human grammar through sexual selection. Learn how "killjoys" ...

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Scientists have long tried to decode every dream we have. Some say it’s survival training, others say it’s memory at work, ...

This new wave of AI short dramas is absurdly addictive. Understanding the psychology is the first step towards breaking the ...

What you experience as desire is often the result of early sexual imprinting, emotional learning, and patterns the brain has ...