New research has found that small-group dynamics–such as jury deliberations, collective bargaining sessions, and cocktail parties –can alter the intelligence of some people, LOWERING their IQs. Could this be part of the reason for Congressional gridlock?
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We know that the Visitors are changing our brains. It turns out that the act of reading changes our brains too (but some types of reading are better than others).
When psychologists used brain scans to see what happens inside our heads when we read, they found that "readers mentally simulate each new situation encountered in a narrative." The brain weaves these situations together with experiences from its own life to carve out new neural pathways.
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New research suggests it may be possible to learn high-performance tasks with little or no conscious effort. It may be possible to use brain technology to learn to play a piano, reduce mental stress or hit a curve ball with little or no conscious effort. So how do we do it?
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Bees do a quantum dance in order to tell the other members of their hive where to find the honey. Now scientists have discovered that warms of bees and brains, which are made up of neurons, both make decisions in the same way.
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