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This comprehensive review synthesizes a decade of human and animal research to explain how the gut and brain communicate ...

A groundbreaking new study reveals that changes to the gut microbiome can change the way the brain works. Humans have the largest relative brain size of any primate, but little is known about how ...

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Adderall, Ritalin and other stimulants prescribed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder seem to work on brain areas ...

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New research finds an association between working too many hours and the brain's structure. We all know that working long hours leaves us exhausted. But overworking has far-reaching effects on our ...

The traditional boundaries between professional and personal life are increasingly blurred. The idea of work-life balance — where work and personal time are neatly divided — has given way to a more ...

Despite all the attention on technologies that reduce the hands-on role of humans at work — such as self-driving vehicles, robot workers, artificial intelligence, and so on — researchers in the field ...