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Your brain keeps track of family, friends and foes

Your brain keeps track of family, friends and foes

You need food. You need sleep. And — you guessed it — you need people. Being social isn’t just nice, it’s necessary and much more than chatting or going to parties. From birth, we depend on others, not just for survival, but for emotional health and mental development. It’s

You started learning to speak before being born

You started learning to speak before being born

Why do we speak? Why don't we just communicate with gestures, since sign language is just as delicate and detailed a way to communicate as the spoken language? One major reason spoken language may have become dominant over gesture lies in how our senses develop before birth. Long

How did that get in there? Microplastics in our brains

How did that get in there? Microplastics in our brains

Plastic Heads, Literally? You may have thought you were cutting down on plastic by ditching plastic bags and sipping from a reusable bottle. Good job. Unfortunately, the bad news is that plastic seems to be winning anyway. It has been found in a number of our organs inside our bodies,

Hooked on the screen: How internet porn affects the brain

Hooked on the screen: How internet porn affects the brain

Are you also curious about how internet pornography affects brain function, emotion, and behavior? Is it true that excessive use mirrors drug addiction and impacts cognitive control and mood? With the spread of internet access and changes in how we socialize, internet pornography has become widely available and frequently consumed.

Ayurveda and brain health. Are herbs our natural allies against inflammation?

Ayurveda and brain health. Are herbs our natural allies against inflammation?

Chronic neuroinflammation is increasingly seen as a central player in many brain diseases, from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's to autoimmune and metabolic brain disorders. When the immune system in the brain goes into frenzy and fails to shut down properly, it sets off a chain reaction that

When Grief Won’t Heal: Understanding Prolonged Grief Disorder

When Grief Won’t Heal: Understanding Prolonged Grief Disorder

We experience grief when someone we love dies. For some, however, the emotional pain does not lessen with time. Instead, the sadness stays intense and makes daily life difficult. This condition is called Prolonged Grief Disorder. It is now officially recognized as a mental illness. This decision has led to

Would you reduce screen time if it accelerated aging? Then you wanna read this ...

Would you reduce screen time if it accelerated aging? Then you wanna read this ...

Inside every human cell, our chromosomes are protected by tiny caps called telomeres. These structures shorten with age, which inevitably leads to DNA damage, cell death, and the breakdown of tissues over time. Scientists have found that the length of telomeres in white blood cells can serve as a marker