The Science of Humour Appreciation
In 1929, German neurologist Otfrid Foerster was operating on a patient to remove a tumour when suddenly, the patient started “a
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Mental illness – Just another physical illness?
I quite frequently hear mental health activists and advocates complaining about how mental illness isn’t given the same funding as
Read moreDoes our brain define who we are?
It is an uneasy thought that who we are and what we think about is all hardwired into a three
Read moreNeuroplasticity – remoulding our brain’s neural pathways
A medical concept that has truly fascinated me over the past few years is neuroplasticity, which is the idea that
Read moreJohn O’Keefe, on the brain’s inner GPS system, winner of the Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine 2014
Today, John O’Keefe, Edvard Moser and May-Britt Moser, won the Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine, the highest accolade in
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