The Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2014 for discovering the cells that are part of our navigation system, locating us in time and space, explains how these in turn are related to our memory, our consciousness and abstract thought. Professor, what is a grid cell and what is … Read more
Unlike other areas of the brain with famous names like the hippocampus and the amygdala, the claustrum has not yet built its reputation in our cultural imagination. Looking like a fine cherry leaf, it is found deep in the brain, cloistered between the putamen and the insula. From there, it performs a key relational function: … Read more
human heart (photo: Characteristics.co) According to Bruno Méndez Ambrosio of the Institute of Cell Physiology (IFC) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) This is possible because there is equipment that allows wireless signals to be linked to data recording. The specialist achieved this project by adapting commercial Bluetooth systems, bioelectric sensors (a highly … Read more
Why are we the way we are? What is the soul? How does memory work? How much influence does genetics have on behavior? Why do addictions occur? What are the springs of pathologies such as schizophrenia, autism, depression or epilepsy? Does the soul “turn off” with Alzheimer’s? These far-reaching questions, some of them traditional territory … Read more
The brain is considered the most important organ in the human body because it controls movement, behavior, internal functions, the nervous system, and the endocrine system, as well as governing the mind. Through perceptions, emotions, thoughts, mental images, memories, beliefs and dreams, the brain regulates the human relationship with the environment, according to an article … Read more
February 28, 2022 08:00 a.m. | Reading time: 5 minutes February 28, 2022 08:00 a.m. | Reading time: 5 minutes If you only have a few seconds, read these lines: A frequently repeated misconception is that people have one hemisphere of the brain that they use more than the other and that this dominance determines … Read more
GRANDSTAND. Like all my compatriots, I read the reaction of the Minister of Health following what they want to present to us as a scoop of the year, namely these 1200 doctors trained in Algeria and who are about to leave to practice in France after being admitted to the last competition to verify knowledge … Read more
The Christmas holidays are a festival of smells, tastes, sights, sounds and textures. The five senses help us fully immerse ourselves in this time of year through meals, Christmas carols, fireworks and pyrotechnics, the candles that adorn our table … In one way or another, the truth is that each of us has our rituals … Read more
In this association between nostalgia and smells, the main protagonist is a brain structure called the hippocampus The Christmas holidays are a festival of smells, tastes, sights, sounds and textures. The five senses help us fully immerse ourselves in this time of year through meals, Christmas carols, fireworks and pyrotechnics, the candles that adorn our … Read more
“It’s really hard meeting people when, you know, people are terrified of you or think you’re out of their league,” Eilish told Stern (Photo: REUTERS / Andrew Kelly) The Grammy-winning singer Billie Eilish has spoken about addiction to viewing pornography, starting at the age of 11, and how it gave her nightmares and ruined her … Read more