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How Stress Shapes Cancer’s Course

1 month ago | brainfacts.org | Diana Kwon

Published22 May 2025 Author Diana Kwon Source Knowable Magazine iStock/Jacob WackerhausenAbout two millennia ago, the Greek physicians Hippocrates and Galen suggested that melancholia — depression brought on by an excess of “black bile” in the body — contributed to cancer.
Scientists Explore Why Some People Can’t Imagine Sounds

1 month ago | brainfacts.org | Robin Tricoles

Published21 May 2025 Author Robin Tricoles Source BrainFacts/SfN Although he plays one, Sang Hyun Kim can’t imagine the sound of a trumpet. He can’t imagine any sounds at all, like the honk of a car horn or a dog’s bark. Kim, 25, is a doctoral candidate at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. He was surprised to discover he experiences anauralia — the absence of internal auditory imagery.
Severe Irritability in Children and Teens: A New Understanding

Feb 27, 2025 | brainfacts.org | Katarina Zimmer

Published27 Feb 2025 Author Katarina Zimmer Source Knowable Magazine It wasn’t until her daughter entered preschool that Holly Provan, a nurse in Los Angeles, began to worry. Compared to other kids, including her younger sister, Anna had a harder time coping when something wasn’t going her way. When told to stop coloring or to leave the playground, she’d respond with explosive tantrums.
How a Child Becomes Bilingual - and What Can Be Done to Help Them Get There

Jan 16, 2025 | brainfacts.org | Katarina Zimmer

Published16 Jan 2025 Author Katarina Zimmer Source Knowable Magazine iStock.com via FG Trade LatinAdriana Weisleder knows well the benefits of being bilingual: being able to communicate with one’s community, cultivating connection with one’s heritage culture, contributing to the richness and diversity of society, and opening up professional opportunities.
Making Friends With Your Past and Future Selves

Jan 2, 2025 | brainfacts.org | Katherine Ellison

Published2 Jan 2025 Author Katherine Ellison Source Knowable Magazine iStock.com/Dmitry KovalchukWhen asked why he didn’t begin writing novels until his 30s, the celebrated Czech author Milan Kundera said he didn’t have the requisite experience when he was younger. “This jerk that I was, I wouldn’t like to see him,” he added. Many of us look back at our former selves and wince to recall our immaturity.
How Does Social Isolation Affect the Brain?

Nov 25, 2024 | brainfacts.org | David Silverberg

Published26 Nov 2024 Author David Silverberg Source BrainFacts/SfN Rampant social isolation was among the most devastating outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic. Amid school and workplace closures and stay-at-home orders, many people experienced an unprecedented challenge to their ability to maintain a healthy social life. While loneliness refers to not feeling connected to other people, social isolation involves not having access to other people to connect with.
Presence Hallucination Research Shows How Our Brains Conjure Ghostly Illusions

Oct 29, 2024 | brainfacts.org | Fred Schwaller

Published30 Oct 2024 Author Fred Schwaller Source BrainFacts/SfN iStock.com/Михаил РуденкоThe explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew were stranded in the Antarctic for more than a year after their ship, the HMS Endurance, became stuck and later sank in the sea ice in 1915. As they crossed freezing mountains and glaciers, Shackleton and his two companions felt like they were being followed.
What’s That Smell - and How’d You Know?

Sep 25, 2024 | brainfacts.org | Daniela Hirschfeld

iStock.com/Aleksei MorozovPeter Mombaerts is a man of strong preferences. He likes Belgian beer — partly, but not entirely, for patriotic reasons. He likes classical music and observing the Earth from above while flying small planes with his amateur pilot’s license. He loves the feel of alpaca clothing during winter.
Why AI Can Push You to Make the Wrong Decision at Work

Sep 3, 2024 | brainfacts.org | Simon Spichak

Published3 Sep 2024 Author Simon Spichak Source BrainFacts/SfN Suri_Studio/Shutterstock.comHow much do you trust artificial intelligence (AI)? Chatbots help craft emails and act as customer support. Algorithms help banks decide loan eligibility and assist in reviewing job applications. AI is gaining a foothold in many workplaces, aggregating information and helping people make smarter decisions. At least that’s how AI is sold.
Tapping Into the Brain’s Natural Systems for Controlling Stress and Pain

Aug 13, 2024 | brainfacts.org | Freda Kreier

Published14 Aug 2024 Author Freda Kreier Source BrainFacts/SfN Mental illness — be it depression, anxiety, or substance abuse — has many battlefronts in the brain. It’s a lesson that neuroscientist Huda Akil remembers learning when she examined the inner workings of the brains of people who had died while depressed. In the early 2000s, Akil, the Garden C.