Mind

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain You wanna see her move? I think that's the fun part.…

By Sebastian Nieto Parra, Head of Latin America and the Caribbean Unit, OECD Development Centre, Mario Pezzini, former Director of the OECD Development Centre and special Advisor to the OECD Secretary General on Development, and…

Look at these pictures. Can you see a cube on the left and a face on the right? What do you see? Derek Arnold / Adobe Stock Can you imagine seeing…

  Line 55: Line 55: The first time Harrison heard the song was during a visit to his sister in the United States in 1963—five months before ] first ]. His sister lived in the countryside…

By Alberto González Pandiella, Economist, SDD, OECD Economics Department Costa Rican well-being indicators are comparable or even above the OECD average in several dimensions (OECD, 2016a). Nevertheless, gaps with OECD countries are…

By Linda Brady, Margaret Grabb, Susan Koester, Yael Mandelblat-Cerf, David Panchision, Jonathan Pevsner, Ashlee Van’t-Veer, and Aleksandra Vicentic on behalf of the NIMH Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science…

X owner Elon Musk recently described using small amounts of ketamine “once every other week” to manage the “chemical tides” that cause his depression. He says it’s helpful to get out of a “negative frame of mind”. This has caused a…

Abstract This article explores how deeply held philosophies and environmental risk allocation are "real" values in terms of enivronmental impacts, and as such should be considered under NEPA. If this were the case, this would make…

Professor Condoleezza Rice participates in a Q&A moderated by Professor Scott Sagan, left, at Bechtel Conference Center on Tuesday. (Image credit: Rod Searcey) With so much global turmoil today – from Ukraine to the…

1. IntroductionInteracting with nature, or the natural world including plants and landscapes, is being recognized as an important public health intervention to help manage chronic health conditions. Numerous programs have been developed…

There’s a mathematical trick to get out of any mazeKlaus Vedfelt/Digital Vision/Getty Images It will soon be 14 March and that means pi day. We like to mark this annual celebration of the great mathematical constant…

There’s a concept in behavioral science known as “normalcy bias,” or the notion that we are prone to believe that status quos will more or less hold, and to underestimate the likelihood of worst-case scenarios. This was useful in…

There’s a mathematical trick to get out of any mazeKlaus Vedfelt/Digital Vision/Getty Images It will soon be 14 March and that means pi day. We like to mark this annual celebration of the great mathematical constant…

Cecilia Barbara Atim Ogwal, one of Uganda’s longest-serving female legislators, passed away on 18 January 2024 at the age of 77. Ogwal was regarded as a trailblazer, one of the strongest, most charismatic women leaders in the…

Previously, we discussed the involvement of anxiety in executive functions (EFs). In their literature review on EFs, Baggetta and Alexander note that EFs are cognitive processes that also involve the socio-emotional domain. The most…

As early as middle school, Branden Spitzer loved to watch cooking shows and experiment with recipes in his family’s kitchen. It was a clear harbinger of his interest in materials science, he says now. Once he discovered that he could…

Some astrocytes have functions we once thought were exclusive to neuronsNIH/IMAGE POINT FR/BSIP/ALAMY IT IS strange to think that we still don’t know what our brains are made of. Yet, despite decades of research and…

“We plan to work together, across NIEHS, to come up with creative, innovative recommendations to bring to our leadership so that we can advance collaborations that address these complex, multisectoral problems,” Dixon said. (Photo…

paris —  France's foreign minister travels to the Middle East on Saturday to test ideas about reviving an Israeli-Palestinian political process after the Gaza war as Europe tries to play a role in a conflict that has deeply divided the…

It’s Okay to Change Your Mind Your setup off for the ice-cream parlor, determined to have a Lemon Pop, but once there, decide on Chocolate Ripple. A plant too going to the movie’s changes to relaxing at home. Your see…

  Line 105: Line 105: ''A Beautiful Mind'' received a limited release on December 13, 2001, receiving positive reviews, with Crowe receiving wide acclaim for his performance. It was…

Investigates the leadership required for redesigning important social systems, including identifying when redesign and transformation are necessary.Many of the most pressing challenges and opportunities public leaders face in the 21st …

Patient-centered climate resiliency can be achieved by focusing on the individual and their unique risk factors, according to Aaron Bernstein, M.D., interim director of the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at…

January 9, 2024 • Institute Update The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the non-profit organization The Many Brains Project  partnered with the…

In this section, we introduce the games that the human subjects played in the original article by Ert et al. , describing the incentives for each decision and how the incentive structures can categorise the games. We then introduce the…

Rick Woychik, Ph.D., directs NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program. (Image courtesy of NIEHS)In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I want to take a moment to celebrate the groundbreaking work by NIEHS scientists and…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A supercomputer scheduled to go online in April 2024 will rival the estimated rate of operations in the…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Imagine brain scanning technology improves greatly in the coming decades, to the point that we can observe how each individual neuron talks to other neurons. Then,…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Imagine brain scanning technology improves greatly in the coming decades, to the point that we can…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Influencing the U.S. election or the U.K.'s political future by using a combination of the personal…

Aligning conventional scientific models with national greenhouse gas inventory definitions of land use, land use change, and forestry fluxes. The variations are a…

Content is one of the most important things about your site. After all, it is what keeps your users engaged and keeps them coming back to your site. Depending on the type of website your agency manages, you should always think of…

It may soon be possible to diagnose people with aphantasia, the inability to picture images in their head, using a simple test…

What does science tell us about how the ocean affects us physically and cognitively. Authors Wallace J. Nichols, Author of Blue Mind: The Surprising Science that Shows How Being Near, In, On or Under Water Can Make You Happier,…