From a purely scientific point of view, the idea that you can alter your physical limits by trickling a bit of electric current through your brain is pretty amazing. Without changing anything ...

Brain scientists at the University of California ... Then, the prefrontal cortex infers meaning, and finally the motor cortex kicks into gear to prepare a response. It all happens in less than ...

According to new research, this structure acts like a gear lever that sets the pace of our brain’s processing. In Gear 1, the mind can wander freely; in Gear 2, we are highly engaged and ...

It's not magic, it's science. Every stride, every stroke, every pedal activates areas of your brain directly related to vital functions like memory and learning. Think about it: while your body is ...

In the book, Storoni outlines the three "gears" of the brain: with gear one being a daydreaming ... Read next BI Tech Memo An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down.

“It can set the pace of your brain to suit the specific kind of mental work you are doing,” says neuroscience researcher turned writer Mithu Storoni. When it is in the right gear, we feel ...

a four-year-old startup that studies data on brain activity, is set to put its gear to test on astronauts in space next week during a SpaceX shuttle flight to the International Space Station (ISS).