‘Finally Aboriginal people are getting the respect they deserve’: Australian Survivor acknowledges the original custodians of the land where Brains V Brawn is filmed By Jesse Hyland For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:17 BST, 20 July 2021 | Updated: 10:17 BST, 20 July 2021 Australian Survivor has acknowledged the traditional owners of the land where … Read more
From smiling sunflowers to Jesus on a piece of toast, humans see faces in all sorts of objects. Now, new research by the University of Sydney has delved deeper into the phenomenon, known as face pareidolia. The findings suggest that face pareidolia is a key part of our survival mechanism, helping us to quickly decide … Read more
Intelligence has previously been linked with sperm quality, an idea that may now be confirmed, as scientists have found the male brain and testes have a number of similarities. A team of scientists, led by the University of Aveiro in Portugal, compared proteins from 33 tissue types and found testes and brains have more than 13,000 … Read more
Human brains struggle to take ideas or elements away from designs, such as from a blueprint of a building – and instead tend to add more, a new study reveals. In experiments, participants tasked with making a Lego Duplo building stronger tended to add more bricks rather than take them away. In another computerised task, … Read more
Premier League giants Liverpool and Manchester City will step up dementia fight by trialling gumshield in landmark study next month to assess how brains are affected by heading Liverpool and Manchester City will spearhead a new study into heading It will assess how footballers’ brains are affected amid the dementia crisis A gumshield will be … Read more
The human brain is three times the size of our closest primate relatives and a new study is the first to identify how we developed the larger cerebrum. Researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge solved the mystery by collecting cells from humans, gorillas and chimpanzees that were reprogrammed … Read more
If you’re revising for a big test, it’s better to grab a pen and paper than your laptop or tablet, according to a new study. Taking notes on paper helps our brains to remember information better than on tablet or smartphone, the study has found. Researchers from Japan asked 48 students to take down the details … Read more
Time to ditch the iPad? Tablets and smartphones are ‘rewiring’ children’s BRAINS and making them less able to see the bigger picture People normally focus on the big picture before zeroing in on specific details Hungarian experts tested kids in a task involving images on two different scales Those who frequently used devices were found to … Read more
Musicians who began training at a young age have ‘super connected’ brains compared to those who don’t play instruments, study finds Researchers examined the brain patterns of 153 musicians and non-musicians Including 52 with absolute pitch, 51 non-absolute pitch and 50 non-musicians They found a strong difference in brain structure of musicians who start young … Read more
While travelling the world doing research for my new book, I realised something rather extraordinary. Nearly everyone understands the importance of brain health, but few people have any idea how to make their brains healthier, or that achieving such a goal is even possible. Most people seem to believe this mysterious organ encased in bone … Read more