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We've all been there. Moments after leaving a party, your brain is suddenly filled with intrusive thoughts about what others were thinking. "Did they think I talked too much?" "Did my joke offend them ...

Scientists have unveiled the strongest evidence yet that a combination of diet, exercise and brain training can improve thinking and memory in older Americans. A study of more than 2,100 sedentary ...

The difference between the brain's predicted age and actual chronological age, called a brain age gap, may influence the relationship between cognitive impairment risk factors, like high blood ...

For years, business culture has boxed us in. You’re either a “numbers person” or a “creative.” Analytical or instinctive. Tactical or inspired. Left-brained or right-brained. Poets on one side, quants ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about neuroscience and its intersection with technology. In an article published yesterday in MIT Technology Review, ...

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