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Visual Agnosia and Achromatopsia: Understanding the Brain’s Visual Disorders

Imagine walking up one Sunday ready to begin your day. It seems like a regular day, and you reach for your favourite newspaper… just to realise that suddenly you can’t read it. No matter how hard you try, words have lost

Awareness

Why “Brain Rot” Content Is So Addictive 

Anyone who has ever used a short-form video app for “just five minutes” but then found themselves glued to the screen after forty minutes is familiar with what is referred to as  “brain rot“: constant consumption of TikToks, Reels, Shorts, memes,

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Why Your Brain Keeps an Audio Replay: Echoic Memory 

“Sorry, what did you say?” The truth is that we have all asked this question even after the other individual has  stopped talking. Interestingly, sometimes the answer suddenly becomes clear a second later. It can feel as though the brain briefly

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Inside the Brain’s Immune System: Understanding the Role of Microglia

Consider the case of someone with a brain injury. While the person may observe the physical signs of this injury, another process is happening within the brain; this is where immune cells known as microglia react to the injury. The microglia continuously

Self Help

30 Days Without Added Sugar: What Happens to Your Brain?

Have you ever wondered why, after a sugary drink or sweet dish, you found yourself craving ‘just one more’? This sounds like a reality for many individuals. Sugar is an integral part of our day-to-day lives, whether it’s in morning

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The Role of Gut Microbiota in Mood and Mental Disorders

The human gut microbiota consists of about 100 trillion microorganisms (including bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microorganisms). It is huge and complex, with more individual cells than the human body, and so active that it can be considered to be

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Ideomotor Apraxia: When the Brain Knows the Goal but Loses the Way to Move

The ability to locate oneself in space and control movement are basic functions that people depend heavily on to perform everyday tasks. Something almost automatic in human behaviour. Such as using a key. But what if all of a sudden someone

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How OCD Affects Brain Circuits

A person suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder might spend time showering or brushing their teeth in strict order, or excessively wipe down household objects like showpieces or doorknobs, or line up objects perfectly in order of size and colour. They may

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The Lobotomy Era: When Brain Surgery Won a Nobel Prize

Today, many individuals experience depression, chronic anxiety, emotional imbalance and similar psychological issues. While today the treatment is more oriented toward therapy and medications, there was a phase in history when treatment for this was surgical. This era was between the

Education

Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Psychiatric Disorders: What Research Shows

Everything that performs a function requires energy. From the devices used in everyday life and the complex systems that sustain the human body. The brain is particularly demanding of energy. The adult brain consumes approximately 20% of the body’s energy, while