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According to a study, we use the internet as our "personal data bank" and computers and online search engines have become a kind of "external memory" system that can be accessed at will of the user and to which human memory it is adapting.

A team of researchers from Duke University Medical Center and the University of Melbourne has found that addictive drugs like cocaine or heroin activate the same nerve cells and brain connections as a strong ancestral instinct: the appetite for salt.

A new scientific work published in the journal 'Neurochemical Research' suggests that the extract of walnuts (the dried fruit except its fiber) has protective effects against oxidative stress and cell death that occur in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.

Why do we like fat so much? What makes a plate of French fries irresistible to us and that we cannot stop eating after trying them? A natural substance similar to marijuana is to blame according to a study by the University of California Irvine (USA).

A study published in the journal 'Cortex' reveals that men have a hearing advantage over women when it comes to detecting and identifying a sound source in a noisy environment. The authors speculate that it could be the result of natural selection.

A study published today in the journal 'Nature' reveals that people who were born and raised in urban areas have a higher risk of suffering from anxiety and stress disorders. Research reveals that city life affects two brain regions that regulate emotions.

The gentle movement of the hammocks helps us fall asleep faster and achieve greater depth of sleep than a static bed, according to a study carried out by the University of Geneva (Switzerland). In addition, memory is better consolidated.

Neuroscientists at the MIT Institute have discovered that the left and right hemispheres of our brain function like two independent brains when it comes to processing the world around us. And each one processes and remembers at most two elements.