Articles (Brain)

Mental Disorders: Acquired or Inherited?
(Health and Diseases)

Mental or psychiatric disorders may indeed cause a person to suffer greatly.

Why We Need to Bring Back Handwriting
(Education, Business, and Society)

Handwriting enhances connectivity among different regions across the brain, which helps build memory and encode information, thus, increasing the ability to learn. 


Feeding Bodies, Feeding Minds
(Food, Mood, and Behavior)

Feeding minds entails processes related to acquiring knowledge and improving mental abilities; however, without feeding our bodies, our minds will never be nourished.


Brain Taste Buds
(Human Body)

When you order your favourite dessert, your brain can determine the taste of this mouth-watering sight without actually tasting it. This has paved the way for scientists in the last decade to determine how can the brain associate the sight to the taste without the tongue tasting it?


Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Symptoms and Causes
(Health and Diseases)

Have you ever had a painful accident that negatively affected you for a while? You may have once experienced a distressing event or psychological harm that left you suffering for weeks, or perhaps years. The anxiety and confusion you felt is known as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).


Book Review: What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey
(Science in Arts and Culture)

Is trauma just another trend, or, something that we should be looking at? Is it a casual term, or, have a life-changing impact on one’s life?


Is Common Sense Common?
(Education, Business, and Society)

Why is it that people perceive certain information as common sense? What exactly is common sense? Can it be improved?


How Does Fasting Affect our Brains?
(Human Body)

Fasting is an excellent source of nourishment, not only for the soul, but also the brain; this is not just a thought, but an amazing scientific fact.


The Secret of a Mother's Hug
(Human Body)

A mother's hug is the warmest place to hide; in their mother's arms, a child feel safe, sound, and energetic. Is there a physical explanation?


Machine Translation: History, Concerns, and Prospects
(Computers and Information Technology)

While latest MT technologies can provide valuable assistance to translators, many fear it would replace human translators entirely.


Violent Media Effects on Viewers and Its Future Impact
(Food, Mood, and Behavior)

Imagine a child watching a cartoon on television, depicting a bloody battle; what can we expect this child to do to solve their problems?


Communication through the Ages
(Inventions and Innovations)

Communication in the past was never easy. Today, we communicate easily with people around the globe, and access information whenever needed.



A Childhood Dream: Can We Talk to Animals Like Dr. Dolittle?
(Microorganism, Animal and Plant Life)

Scientists have always sought to decode animal languages; thanks to technological advancements and AI, this dream may become a reality.

2023 Top Medical Research Achievements
(Health and Diseases)

A few days ago, we bid farewell to 2023; a year that witnessed numerous achievements in the medical field, we share some of them.


Good and Evil in Light of Authority and Obedience
(Education, Business, and Society)

While we grow up believing in certain ideas and concepts, psychological experiments may change our points of view with shocking results.


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