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Research

How Neurons Choose a Single Axon: New Research Reveals an Internal Growth Mechanism

The study, the topic of the research paper featured in the above research snapshot, delves into the question of how a young neuron goes about choosing which one of the dozens of tiny branches emanating from its core will grow

Awareness Health

Patient H.M.: The Man Who Could Never Form New Memories

For over half a century, each morning, a man would get up and think, “Oh, it’s still 1953”. He didn’t even recognise himself in the mirror; he was expecting to see a young man, not an old man! He was able to

Industrial

The Risk-Taker’s Brain: The Dopaminergic Drive in Entrepreneurship

Deep within the mind could hide a cause for leaving stable work. The following year. Each year, many people hand over cash to risky ideas that might never deliver. There is no promise these efforts will succeed. Forward motion drives them,

Health Life Style

The Weight of Modern Life: Understanding Adolescent Obesity in India

Fifteen-year-old Aarav lives in Delhi, and had all that is required to excel in studies (before/after school, he attended coaching, he studied for 10 hours a day, and did not participate in any outdoor sports). Due to the stress of

Health Technology

The End of Trial-and-Error Therapy: Why 2026’s Algorithmic Brain-Mapping is Redefining Mental Healthcare

Imagine a situation where 24-year-old Maya, a grad student, is in her second phase of major depression. For the past 2 years, she has been on antidepressants and has been in therapy with a variety of side effects, varying from

Parenting Relationship

The Emotional Effects of Growing Up With Strict Parents

Here is a scene you might remember. You are eleven years old. You hear the front door open. Your stomach feels sick. Not because you have done anything bad, but because you haven’t done enough. Your parent only has one

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The Importance of Memory in AI Companionship

Memory helps people feel understood. This can happen when a friend inquires about something you mentioned in the past. It can happen when a therapist recognizes a repeating pattern, or when someone recalls what makes you feel better after a

Health

Beyond Recovery: Understanding Mental Health After Cancer

Once treatment stops, most assume life snaps back into place. Loved ones clap, hug, and cry, relieved that chemo, operations, or beams are finally behind them. But for plenty who made it through, relief rarely brings simplicity, just new ground to

Awareness

Through the Mind: What Cognitive Science Has to Say on Sexual Fantasy

This article looks at cognitive science and psychological studies that tell us about sexual fantasy, why culture views the issue as unwanted, what shame causes in the body, and why discourse that many people fear having might matter beyond what

Awareness Self Help

The Wounded Self: How Self-Compassion Supports Emotional Healing

How many times have you said “I’m fine” while you are anything but? A student who can’t focus in class may label themselves ‘lazy’. A parent who yells at loved ones may condemn themselves for being ‘bad-tempered’. A young adult whose