Every year, massive data breaches harm the public. The targets are email service providers, retailers and government agencies that store information about people. Each breach includes sensitive personal information such as credit and debit card numbers, home addresses and account usernames and passwords from hundreds of thousands – and sometimes...
Stop the ‘good’ vs ‘bad’ snap judgments and watch your world become more interesting
How many times have you used the words “good” or “bad” today?
From checking your weather app to monitoring the progress you’ve made on your to-do list, to scrolling through social media, opportunities to make snap evaluations abound. And the more you sort things into these categories, the more instinctive[1] making these judgments...
Memories of the good parts of using drugs can keep people hooked − altering the neurons that store them could help treat addiction
Everyday human behavior is guided and shaped by the search for rewards[1]. This includes eating tasty meals, drinking something refreshing, sexual activity and nurturing children. Many of these behaviors are needed for survival. But in some instances, this search for rewards can pose a significant threat to survival.
People rely on memories of...
Your left and right brain hear language differently − a neuroscientist explains how
Some of the most complex cognitive functions are possible because different sides of your brain[1] control them. Chief among them is speech perception[2], the ability to interpret language. In people, the speech perception process is typically dominated by the left hemisphere[3].
Your brain breaks apart fleeting streams of acoustic information...