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"This is the ugliest fucking thing I've ever seen."

The brain has the ability to tone down how intensely a harmful stimulus is experienced. This process is how our body allows us to put mind over matter.

Actress and model Brooke Shields has revealed she suffered a grand mal seizure in September. In an interview, Shields revealed that the seizure caused her to lose control of her movements, froth at the mouth and eventually lose consciousness. The actress doesn’t have a history of seizures – and many…

Numerous brain teasers circulate on social media, leaving users perplexed. Here is one such puzzle to challenge your thinking abilities. If you can solve this challenge, it shows you have robust analytical skills and problem-solving abilities. What is different about this puzzle is that it requires some calculation and mathematics…

The antidepressant effect of sleep loss in some mice may have implications for the future of depression treatments. Here's why.

Most people with chronic back pain naturally think their pain is caused by injuries or other problems in the body such as arthritis or bulging disks. But our research team has found that thinking about the root cause of pain as a process that’s occurring in the brain can help…

A new study reveals the transient mood-enhancing benefits of acute sleep loss.

Rats show signs of imagination in groundbreaking study using virtual reality and brain-machine interface.

Using virtual reality and brain-machine interfaces, a new study reveals that rats, too, have a vivid imagination.