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A team of British researchers has shown that carrying out a seemingly boring task for 15 minutes, such as copying numbers from a telephone directory, greatly increases creativity when compared to people who have been inactive and subjects who have spent the same amount of time doing less "passive" activities that involve reasoning, deducing, inventing, planning ...

People with the greatest ability to make value judgments or moral reasoning show an increase in the amount of gray matter in the brain in the areas related to complex social behavior, decision-making and conflict processing, as shown It emerges from the latest study carried out by a team of scientists from the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School, both belonging to the University of Pennsylvania (USA).

Its color and the rhythmic rhythm of the waves, indeed, exert a powerful calming effect. We tell you why.

Scientists manage to eliminate fear from the memory of rodents after weakening the connection between two parts of their brain.

A group of researchers have located the active principle of a plant with sleeping effects that is used in traditional Indian medicine.

In today's chapter we will rescue the great unknown of the brain: glial cells. Don't miss the video!

A study confirms the benefits of sleeping with 'pink noise'. Learn about the differences between pink noise and white noise.

An investigation maintains that humans and their relatives the primates developed large brain tissues thanks to the consumption of fruit.