The “high” produced by jumping into the void from a plane with a parachute on your back is due to the secretion of dopamine, a neurotransmitter linked to pleasure that, normally, leaves us wanting to repeat the experience. Faced with the physical "danger" to which we are subjected while practicing extreme sports, adrenaline or epinephrine is also secreted which, in addition to accelerating the heart, accentuates the senses and dilates the pupils so that more light enters through the eyes.
Teresa Belta and Esther Priyadharshini, from the University of East Anglia (UK), have shown that being always busy, especially during childhood, prevents the development of the imagination. On the contrary, being bored and doing nothing is positive for the brain. While we contemplate the shrews and remain unoccupied, neural circuits are activated that form the so-called "default network", discovered in 2011 by Raichel and Shculman.
A University of Michigan study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) this week shows that shortly after clinical death, which occurs when the heart stops beating and blood stops flowing to the brain, rats exhibit patterns of brain activity characteristic of conscious awareness.
In light of the results of a novel study, it seems that we could distinguish the fans of Iron Maiden from those of Juanes, and not by their appearance, but by the activity of their brains. According to research, published in the journal Biological Psychology, preference for a musical genre modulates brain responses to music.
Eating breakfast or lunch in a cafeteria or restaurant with friends or office colleagues reduces cognitive control and induces more mistakes than eating at the work table, according to German research published this week in the journal PLOS ONE .
Everyone talks about how bad stress is for health. You get sick more easily and over your head 'it works worse' ... but do we really know what effects stress has on the brain? And what type of stress is the most damaging? Two very interesting reviews have recently been published on the subject.
It may sound strange and shocking, but new research has shown that long distance couples create closer bonds. According to scientists, when they are separated, couples strive to communicate more and achieve greater intimacy.
A person who speaks a language regularly will use an average of 30,000 words. How do we manage to learn them, associate them and manage to communicate with others? A recent study has shown that language learning depends on the connection between regions of the left hemisphere of the brain.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
