In this episode of Life’s Little Mysteries, we’ll take a closer look at a mysterious organ that controls everything from your heartbeat to your senses to your enjoyment of this podcast: the brain. How are brains put together, and how…
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Brain’s ‘GPS system’ toggles between present and possible future paths in real time
Survival often depends on animals’ ability to make split-second decisions that rely on imagining alternative futures: If I’m being chased by a hungry predator, do I zag left to get home safely or zig right to lead the predator away…
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Romanian kids raised in orphanages have brains tenth average size
Children who lived in deprived orphanages in Romania have brains that are almost 10% SMALLER than English adoptees Scientists took MRI scans of nearly 70 people raised in Romanian orphanages Volunteers had been beaten, starved and deprived of social interaction…
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