📺 NEW: An #Auburn University grad student volunteered to enter a 7-Tesla #MRI scanner 104 times over 76 weeks, watching clips from the #sitcom #Friends to pass the long, noisy sessions.

The #study tracked how day-to-day #sleep patterns connect to #brain #chemistry. Early results link nights with less deep sleep to higher #glutamate levels the next day. The student still says she never tired of the show.

👉 popsci.com/technology/friends-…

#science #neuroscience #research #womeninscience #health #engineering

🐶 NEW: In #Bengaluru, startup Dognosis trains #dogs to sniff #cancer in human breath, using #AI to read each #animal’s #brain activity and body language. A #study of over 1,500 people reported more than 90% accuracy, though oncologists say they need larger trials.

👉 phys.org/news/2026-09-dogs-can…

#science #biology #oncology #smell #canines #india #research #medicine #animals #behavior #health #tech #technology

🐶 NEW: Recording 103 dogs in four situations, researchers found they tilted their heads far more often when owners used familiar words in an excited tone than during silent or unfamiliar #speech.

The motion may signal active #language processing, possibly tied to the left #brain hemisphere, though the small number of tilting #dogs keeps conclusions appropriately cautious.

👉 popsci.com/environment/why-dog…

#science #animals #canines #research #behavior #kids #pets #nature

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧬 👯 A #study of roughly 1.14 million people identified 1,260 genetic variants linked to the Big Five personality traits, yet found #DNA explains only 7.4 to 10.6% of individual differences. Environmental factors still do most of the work, cautioning that our #genomes do not fix who we become.

👉 sciencealert.com/everyone-assu…

#dna #genetics #science #nature #psychology #twins #behavior #humans #research #brain

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 📱👀 A recent #study tested whether taking #photos affects #memory for what people see.

Across 7 experiments with 892 participants, recall was worse for #images that were screenshotted than for images that were only viewed. The researchers connect this to cognitive offloading, where people rely on devices to hold #information instead of encoding it themselves.

👉 sciencealert.com/science-weigh…

#screenshots #cognition #learning #research #brain #technology #tech #smartphones #iphone #kids #education #parents #teaching #science #psychology #cameras #pictures

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐭❄️ Researchers studying long-clawed #shrew skulls from #Hokkaido found that while the #skull shrinks in #winter, the snout grows larger and wider, the reverse of a known seasonal shrinking pattern.

The expanded nasal cavity may warm freezing #air before it reaches the #brain, keep scent detection sharp, or both. The changes appear reversible and may occur in other shrew species.

👉 theguardian.com/environment/20…

#biology #animals #animalbehavior #adaptation #mammals #nature #science #japan #wildlife #dehnelphenomenon

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 📱🧠 An eight-year Finnish #study followed 260 #children to see how physical activity and #screentime related to later cognitive processing.

More screen time correlated with better #teen cognitive performance, tied to the type of screen use rather than duration. Physical activity benefits also differed by gender, with light activity helping working #memory in #girls.

👉 sciencedaily.com/releases/2026…

#development #cognition #kids #science #research #education #parenting #brain #health #adolescence #finland #pediatrics

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🔁🚗 A #Harvard study found #US #traffic fatalities rose by about 15% on the days major #albums were released, compared with the surrounding days.

Researchers tied the increase to distracted #driving, since accessing new #music is a multi-step #phone task rather than a single button press. The effect was strongest among younger, male, solo drivers using built-in infotainment systems.

👉 theguardian.com/world/2026/aug…

#roads #safety #teens #science #study #taylorswift #brain #research

🧠 In anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, an autoimmune inflammatory brain disease, memory problems and psychiatric symptoms can persist for years after treatment. New MRI analyses #CharitéBerlin now link these symptoms to long-term changes in brain structure.

👉 charite.de/en/research/paper_s…

#CharitéPaper #Medicine #Research #ScienceMastodon #CharitéNeuro #Brain

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧠📈 A #study of over 11,000 British #twins tracked cognitive test scores from age 4 to 21.

Only 1% of children scoring in the top tier at age 7 still scored high at 16, while just 8% of average-scoring #kids climbed into the top range. Genetic and family-education factors predicted stability most strongly, suggesting early gifted labels are an unreliable guide to #adult ability.

👉 psypost.org/early-giftedness-r…

#childdevelopment #science #psychology #intelligence #education #brain #development #learning #research

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧠🗣️ A 2025 #MIT #study found that invented #languages like #Esperanto and #Klingon activate the same #brain networks as natural languages.

Scientists trace these from childhood Pig Latin to trade-born pidgins and lab-grown mini-languages in #psycholinguistics #research. Programming languages, despite their clear rules, do not trigger these networks because they express no meaning about the world.

👉 phys.org/news/2026-08-elvish-k…

#science #linguistics #neuroscience #MIT #tolkien #startrek

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐶🧠 Researchers at #Mexico’s National Autonomous University trained eight pet #dogs to lie awake in #fMRI scanners while viewing human faces.

#Brain scans showed anger, fear, and sadness activated different regions, though dogs did not distinguish anger from sadness. The #study suggests dogs process some expressions as distinct categories rather than simply positive or negative.

👉 popsci.com/environment/dogs-ca…

#animals #science #canines #neuroscience #pets #behavior #biology #research

#meme #ai #brain #knowledge #education #idiocracy #technology #software #wisdom #future #problem @Memes

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 😄😊 Researchers showed 53 adults #comedy #videos or neutral #weather #forecasts before testing their ability to spot faint #smiles.

Comedy-induced positive moods improved recognition of subtle positive expressions, though masks erased this #mood effect. #Empathy traits strongly predicted the improvement.

👉 phys.org/news/2026-08-comedy-p…

#psychology #science #emotions #research #brain

When history's hard to explain
some people react with disdain.
With brains like a pimple
they need things so simple
as thinking is headache and pain.

#limerick #pimple #brain

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦇🧠 A 2021 study found #blind and sighted people can learn click #echolocation in just 10 weeks.

Follow up scans by #Durham University researchers showed structural changes in the #brain’s visual cortex. A separate 2025 study examined how 30 million years of echolocation #evolution shaped dolphin and whale brains.

👉 sciencealert.com/humans-can-ec…

#neuroplasticity #science #biology #humanbody #sound #adaptation #learning #neuroscience #dolphins #whales #disability #humans #animals #bats

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🔥🫁 Wildfire smoke carries particles and #toxic #chemicals that travel deep into #lungs, enter the bloodstream, and affect the #heart, #brain, and developing fetuses.

Researchers found that even moderate recurring #smoke exposure raises risks of #stroke, #cancer, and #autoimmune #disease. A #Stanford team projects 1.9 million excess deaths from #wildfire smoke in the #USA between 2026 and 2055.

👉 sciencealert.com/wildfire-smok…

#airquality #pm25 #publichealth #health #climate #climatechange #asthma #cardiovascular #environment #pregnancy #science

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐻🚀 Scientists are studying how hibernating #animals survive months without food, hoping to replicate the process in #humans for #space travel.

Researchers funded by #NASA and #ESA are testing #brain stimulation techniques like #ultrasound to trigger torpor. The work could make #Mars missions feasible and help treat Parkinson’s and stroke on #Earth.

👉 theguardian.com/science/ng-int…

#hibernation #science #medicine #astronauts #biochemistry #neuroscience #biology #squirrel #humanbody

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: Engineers at #PennState have developed a conductive #ink that works like face paint to create customizable electrodes for monitoring #heart, #muscle, and #brain activity.

The #water-based ink dries on #skin within minutes, conforms closely for more accurate readings, and can be washed off and reapplied. In tests, the sensors tracked #ECG for 12 hours and fed muscle signals to a robotic #prosthetic.

👉 popsci.com/technology/colorful…

#sensors #health #wearables #stem #ecg #emg #science #invention #engineering #biotech #tech #technology

What is the endocannabinoid system? #brain #neuroscience #weed

youtube.com/watch?v=ovXuvXqNcO…

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I'm reading She Has Her Mother's Laugh by Carl Zimmer. Like so often the writer casually asks the reader to picture something in their mind.

My mind doesn't do this but usually I mindlessly work around it. This one though:

"DIVIDE YOUR MIND’S EYE like a split screen. On the left, picture a single bacterium. On the right, a fertilized human egg.

The bacterium grows, duplicates its DNA, and splits itself in two, then four, then eight..."

Can you do this?

#aphantasia #brain #diversity #book

• Yes! (59%, 55 votes)
• No! (20%, 19 votes)
• Yes, but with difficulty (no movement etc.) (16%, 15 votes)
• Meh, I'll explain in the comments. (4%, 4 votes)

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧠👁️ Neuroscientists in the #Netherlands scanned volunteers watching #Hollywood films and found eight body maps in the #visualcortex that mirror the #brain’s touch-processing layout.

The maps translate what we see into signals that feel almost physical, which explains why you might wince when someone else gets hurt. The findings could inform #autism #research and brain-computer interfaces.

👉 scitechdaily.com/why-you-flinc…

#neuroscience #somatosensory #empathy #amsterdam #nature #science #brain #psychology #emotion

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧠👁️ Neuroscientists in the #Netherlands scanned volunteers watching #Hollywood films and found eight body maps in the #visualcortex that mirror the #brain’s touch-processing layout.

The maps translate what we see into signals that feel almost physical, which explains why you might wince when someone else gets hurt. The findings could inform #autism #research and brain-computer interfaces.

👉 scitechdaily.com/why-you-flinc…

#neuroscience #somatosensory #empathy #amsterdam #nature #science #brain #psychology #emotion

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐟🧠 A see-through #fish called #Danionella lets scientists watch its #brain while it swims, no surgery needed.

Researchers at #HHMI and UC #SanDiego aim to decode how 650,000 neurons produce complex behaviors, using #AI to bridge the gap between brain activity and action.

👉 npr.org/2026/06/16/nx-s1-58593…

#neuroscience #science #janelia #artificialintelligence #research #biology #animals #washingtondc

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐟🧠 A see-through #fish called #Danionella lets scientists watch its #brain while it swims, no surgery needed.

Researchers at #HHMI and UC #SanDiego aim to decode how 650,000 neurons produce complex behaviors, using #AI to bridge the gap between brain activity and action.

👉 npr.org/2026/06/16/nx-s1-58593…

#neuroscience #science #janelia #artificialintelligence #research #biology #animals #washingtondc

In dreams you bet all the contestees.
They're just little dirt eating besties.
Your fading's a maze
of half conscious haze,
with brain sliding down to intesties.

#limerick #brain

Vertical Section of the Brain (1878), from The Principles of Light and Color
.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

pdimagearchive.org/images/cc41…

#anatomical-illustration #ether #color #brain #psychic-phenomena #color-theory #art #publicdomain

🐀🧠 Neurobiologist Vincent Bombail found that female #rats prefer gentler tickling than males.

By measuring ultrasonic vocalizations, the team demonstrated that physical interaction intensity affects emotional responses differently across sexes. The #research may help scientists better understand the #biology of positive emotions and #animal welfare.

👉 sciencenews.org/article/rats-t…

#neuroscience #animals #science #mammals #research #nature #brain #play #zoology

🌊🧠 #Research into "Blue Mind" theory suggests that proximity to #water induces a meditative state that lowers #stress and boosts creativity.

By providing a low-demand sensory #environment, blue spaces like #lakes and #oceans allow the #brain to recharge, offering #mentalhealth benefits rooted in our evolutionary #history.

👉 popularmechanics.com/science/a…

#science #psychology #health #biology #wellness #nature #neuroscience #ocean #lake #physiology

There was once a time when we assumed the human brain was hardwired like a computer. But in reality, the brain can reinvent itself over and over again. In no area is this more apparent than in a mother’s brain during pregnancy. Read more from @ScienceAlert:

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#Science #MothersDay #Health #Brain #Neurology

🐕🧠 A study of #canine remains shows that the earliest #dogs had #brains comparable in size to ancient #wolves.

Researchers found that the major reduction in #brain volume happened 5,000 years ago as human societies moved into permanent settlements. The evidence suggests that secondary environmental factors played a larger role in canine evolution than the early stages of living with humans.

👉 zmescience.com/feature-post/na…

#dogs #biology #evolution #science #archeology #domestication #animals #history #brain #research #nature #paleontology

The truth went to brutal demise
through wormholes with all kinds of lies.
With no antiseptic
for treating the 'skeptic'
we watch how reality dies.

#limerick #wormholes #lies #brain

Future Generation in Danger D:

What deliberately makes our children addicted and threatens democracy with its hatred, fascism, and racism cannot be good for adults either.

#future #generation #youth #children #protection #security #bigtech #criticism #democracy #education #school #politics #society #adults #danger #warning #criticism #fail #economy #internet #online #health #smartphone #happiness #system #matrix #bullshit #humanrights #ethics #capitalism #worldorder #propaganda #fake #manipulation #brain #drugs #racism #fascism #nonazis #wtf #omg #problem #finance #election #vote #customer #user #cybersecurity

🌧️🧠 Scientific #research demonstrates that the sensory experience of #rain reduces #stress and enhances mental focus. The smell of petrichor and the sound of falling #water provide measurable benefits to #brain #chemistry and mood.

👉 bbc.com/future/article/2026041…

#science #nature #biology #health #psychology #weather #wellness #environment

Leave the kids alone!

#kids #kid #children #child #security #abuse #meme #memes #maga #usa #abuse #epstein #epsteinfiles #trump #qanon #fail #conspiracy #justice #problem #ethics #trans #lgbt #lgbtq #fail #education #understanding #wisdom #brain #brainwash #america #politics #law

🐠🧠 #Fish use a behavior called the dorsal light response to keep their backs facing the light.

Researchers at #Osaka Metropolitan University found that a specific part of the fish #brain combines information from the #eyes and a light-sensing organ to help them stay balanced while #swimming.

👉 phys.org/news/2026-03-brain-ar…

#neuroscience #science #biology #nature #research #evolution #marinebiology #technology #tech

If you and your worm have a plan,
to sow doubt as much as you can.
So nobody's keen
to get a vaccine,
let death reap the 'benefits' then.

#limerick #brain #worm

🧠🎨 What happens inside your head when you look at a #painting?

Here's a breakdown of the #neuroscience of #art appreciation, showing how our brains process #color and #light before connecting those images to our memories and emotions.

👉 weandthecolor.com/what-happens…

💁🏻‍♀️✨ How does your #brain power your thoughts? seethis.tv/post/brain-neurons-…

#biology #psychology #creativity #science #education #learning

🧠❄️ Why does peppermint feel cold even when it isn't? Researchers have identified the specific protein receptor that sends "cold" signals to your #brain.

The #discovery explains how our bodies sense the #environment and why certain #chemicals can trick our nerves into feeling a frostiness that isn't actually there.

👉 scientificamerican.com/article…

💁🏻‍♀️✨ What are the ingredients in toothpaste? seethis.tv/post/toothpaste-ing…

#neuroscience #biology #health #science #chemistry #nature #research #physics #evolution

Just Think! I've got flowers and gardening on the brain!

ART
fineartamerica.com/featured/br…

#brain #brains #smart #wisdom #teaching #academia #academic #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #floral #flower #flowers #botanical #handmade #handmadeart #humans #human #biology #anatomy #neurology #iq #SharonCummingsArt #buyintoart

🧠🌲 Researchers from #McGill University reviewed over 100 brain-imaging studies to explain how natural patterns like #fractals ease sensory load and quiet the amygdala.

This process shifts the #brain out of fight-or-flight mode and restores task-driven attention that is often fatigued by digital screens.

👉 theconversation.com/what-happe…

#neuroscience #health #nature #biology #wellness #science #mentalhealth #learning

🧠🔭 #Birdwatching is more than a hobby – it might actually change the physical structure of your #brain.

A study using brain scans found that expert birders have denser, more complex neural pathways in areas used for memory and attention, which helps protect the brain as it gets older.

👉 discoverwildlife.com/animal-fa…

💁🏻‍♀️✨ What Bird Is That? An animated bird guide series by Will Rose thekidshouldseethis.com/post/w…

#neuroscience #birds #biology #science #nature #health #learning #stem