Fidgeting about and around, is it good for you?
Fidgeting might be beneficial for your concentration and maintaining weight.
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ChatGPT: A chatbot on another level
A conversation with ChatGPT is often very similar to a conversation with a human… but one with an insane amount of knowledge. Convenient, right?
Fatigue and brain fog due to long COVID: What’s going wrong in the brain?
It is possible that an inflammatory reaction in the brain and a change in energy management cause many complaints in long COVID.
Mind-controlling fungi: reality or science fiction?
The series “The Last of Us” (based on the video game) brought a scary and post-apocalyptic scenario to our screens: that of a fungal pandemic in which infected people turn into zombies with the sole goal of spreading the fungus to the uninfected. It makes for a very compelling horror story, but is any of it rooted in reality or is it all just imagination? The answer lies somewhere in between.
How emojis can make us better humans
It’s happened to the best of us: you are running late to a doctor’s appointment,
Living on autopilot: the role of dopamine
The amount of the brain chemical dopamine might explain mindless actions.
Creating maps of the human brain: brain atlases
An atlas is a collection of maps, often containing different kinds of information about countries,
Who wants to live forever?
Is immortality a myth? Maybe for humans, but not for these animals!
Quite complicated: How do you hold a conversation while enjoying a drink?
You cannot talk with your mouth full, so how do people combine talking and drinking?
The aging brain: can you do something about it?
Aging causes the volumes of our brains to decrease, which mostly affects our memory and thinking capacities. But you might be able to slow down this aging by living healthfully.