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According to researchers, the speed at which a person speaks influences the way we hear and understand upcoming words. A new study reports our brain waves synchronize to speech rate, influencing how we hear and perceive ...

A new study reports daytime sleepiness may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Researchers report those who are sleepy during the day are three times more likely to have amyloid beta deposits in their br...

A new article questions what gives us purpose in life? Researchers speculate it is our drive to extract meaning from the world around us.

By the age of 18 months, toddlers prefer individuals others yield to, researchers say. The study suggests this preference may be rooted deep in human nature and may have evolved because being close to those in power prov...

TECHNOLOGY Google Turns 20: How an Internet Search Engine Reshaped the World Editorial Staff | The Verge “No technology company is arguably more responsible for shaping the modern internet, and modern life, than Google...

A new EEG study reveals memory cues can influence the neural representation related to information about cued and non-cued locations, but the effect of the cue depends upon when it appears.

Researchers theorize social 'survival mode' triggers the preference for greater personal space in lonely people.

Those who are more mindful are less caught up in the experience of pain, and report feeling less pain than those who are less mindful, a new study reports. Researchers say higher disposition mindfulness during painful he...

A 2015 landslide and tsunami in Alaska came after two decades of warning signs.

Researchers report the total amount of rare genetic mutations in a person's genome can explain why those with a disease associated mutation can have vastly different symptoms.