"Over centuries of evolution, humans’ pattern recognition skills determined natural selection. Hunters skilled at spotting prey and predator and telling poisonous plants from healthy ones offered them ...
Post-traumatic stress disorder is often described as a brain stuck in survival mode, with threat circuits firing long after the danger has passed. Now researchers are zeroing in on a specific neural ...
The human brain is constantly picking up patterns in everyday experiences — and can do so without conscious thought, finds a study 1 of neuronal activity in people who had electrodes implanted in ...
Over the last decade, more than a dozen Navy SEALs have taken their own lives, often displaying mysterious and uncharacteristic behaviors before their deaths. The common explanation for doctors had ...
A single clear image can rewire the visual brain, making later recognition faster without relying on memory systems.