For many people, the mental benefits of a runner’s high even outlast the run itself.
- Senior Lecturer in Neurosciences and Neurorehabilitation, Course Leader in the College of Health and Life Sciences, London South Bank University
Lifelong plasticity is a core principle of neuroscience, yet it operates within real limits shaped by effort, stress and ageing.
Social media exploits our brain’s responsiveness to reward and social cues — enforcing the narrow beauty ideals we internalise.
Lorsque vous câlinez un chat, l’ocytocine, « l’hormone de l’amour », augmente dans vos deux cerveaux.
Quando você abraça e interage com seu gato, os níveis de oxitocina, o “hormônio do amor”, aumentam no seu cérebro e no dele
Les chats ont la réputation d’être distants, mais la science révèle une autre histoire. L’ocytocine, l’« hormone de l’amour », nourrit discrètement, mais puissamment le lien entre humains et félins.
Cuando acariciamos a un gato, la oxitocina, la “hormona del amor”, aumenta en ambos cerebros.
When you cuddle a cat, the ‘love hormone’ oxytocin is rising in both your brains.
Os cães podem não ser capazes de ler nossas mentes, mas ao ler nosso comportamento e sentimentos, eles nos conhecem emocionalmente de uma forma que poucos outros animais conseguem.
The science behind your dog’s emotional intelligence.
Embarrassment is a universal, visceral and oddly contagious emotion that has importance socially and psychologically.
Contraceptive-users were three times more likely to experience a cryptogenic stroke.
Using social media lights up the same parts of your brain as other addictions, such as drugs, alcohol and gambling.
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